Here is the story that I came up with, which I created in ToonDoo.
Here is the direct link as well: http://www.toondoo.com/ViewBook.toon?bookid=306171
I really wanted to try a comic style approach, so I explored some of the tools in that section. I really wanted something that was easy to put together, where few to no artistic skills would be needed. I narrowed my choices down to ToonDoo and Kerpoof, and decided to go with ToonDoo because the layout seemed a little more intuitive to me, which I think would be important for students learning to use a new tool.
For me personally, I know that I like to have a lot of freedom when I am putting together a project. I like to envision the entire finished project, and then try to figure out how to make it happen. In this case, that would have been nearly impossible, as you are restricted to the elements that ToonDoo provides you when you are putting together a comic. I found that this forced me to be a little more clever in the wording that I used, in order to get the point across that I was hoping to.
On the other hand, it was very easy to build something that legitimately looks like a comic. I have tried activites with students where they make illustrated stories that have analogies to the science curriculum, but quite frequently students feel very uncomfortable with their artistic abilities. This is something that I can definitely relate to, as my artistic skills are limited to rudimentary stick men, but I would have no qualms about displaying something that I created in Toondoo.
This is definitely something that I think I will try in my classes. Due to the ease of making fairly good looking pictures, students can spend more time manipulating their existing knowledge to create analogies and further solidify meaning. An added benefit is the increased student engagement that may occur, because not only was ToonDoo easy to use, it was lots of fun too!