Thursday, July 24, 2014

Comics and Cartoons

MakeBeliefsComix










It’s easy and fun to create & save comic strips when you access this website. Something cool that I like is that it gives you the option of author’s name, so everyone can know who created the comic strip. They have many characters, lesson plan ideas, homeschool and family fun. They even have an option for different languages. Students from all over the world can use this website.


Pixton


























Pixton is another website where you can create & save comics easily . Something cool about this website is that you can create your character, including face emotions. This website contains different sections where you can browse or preview your own comics or other comics. It has another tab to create a comic book. You can invite your friends. It has a discussion forum and many other cool features. Something that I didn’t like is that you cannot change the character, once you create your character, it will appear on all the comic strip.


ToonDoo





































ToonDoo is a place where you can create comics. This particular website contains many features, different characters and backgrounds to put in your comic strip. It was easy to save my comic strip. Here you will find favorite, most popular, recent and viewed comics. You can also create a comic book. It has a section for the most admired and the editor’s pick. Overall this is very complete website where students will find everything to create the perfect comic strip. This was my favorite!

Incorporating comic strips into teaching is very interesting. Students will have fun at the same time as they are learning new stuff. The three websites above are very easy to navigate and students will easily be able to start using the websites. 

How to use a comic strip in the classroom:
1. To practice vocabulary words 
2. To create an autobiographical comic strip 
3. To introduce creative writing 
4. To strengthen conflict resolution skills 
5. Just for fun (as a reward)

I also created a Gami. Tellagami is an app that lets you create and share a quick animated message called a Gami.

Click on the link to access my Gami: https://tellagami.com/gami/JQCYHX/





























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