Toasterstory

Jerry Yarnetsky

I visualize using photos to tell a story like a graphic novel, except using photos instead of drawings. I think it'd be a fun way of explaining something to lower elementary students. I'd combine facts with a little fiction and humor. This one about how my toaster works might be for a second grader, though I'm still learning to gauge reading levels for kids.

I happily credit the Preble County District Library's [|Adventures of Dewey and his gang] as my inspiration. They used a simple webpage approach, but you could also dress this up using a program for the Macintosh called [|Comic Life]. Here's a [|sample] of what could be done with this program. It could be done manually with Photoshop or other graphics program as well.

Here's my story...