Monday, March 29, 2010

Emerging Technology 3: Make Beliefs Comix

I really enjoyed using this website!  I know my students will really enjoy selecting the characters and coming up with dialogue.  We did a study on quotation marks and dialogue and this would have fit in very nicely.  I may use this website as a review of that skill.  It would be important for students to see a demonstration how how to insert and edit characters and text prior to giving them the freedom to create a comic on their own.  The most important thing that studuents need to remember is that the editing option on the left must be highlighted in red and then the item in the comin strip must be selected by clicking on it before the change will take place.  When students are complete, it is also very easy for them to print out their work.  I definitely plan to use this website sometime soon with my students!

Check out my sample comic below:
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=9676598C232221