8. USING TECH: MAKE BELIEFS COMIX (Writing, Feedback)
Description: Make Beliefs Comix allows students to create comics with relative ease.
Application: Use this free on-line program as a summarization and comprehension tool.
Process: Tell students to go to http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/. Determine the manner for students’ use of this on-line program in class:
Have students print or email their completed comics.
Description: Make Beliefs Comix allows students to create comics with relative ease.
Application: Use this free on-line program as a summarization and comprehension tool.
Process: Tell students to go to http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/. Determine the manner for students’ use of this on-line program in class:
- To help students better understand “perspective” of characters in a book, have them assume the roles of two of the characters with each one’s personality and voice and have them interact with one another in the comic strip.
- Tell students to use the comic strip as a book report, summarizing or commenting on what they have been reading.
- Assess students’ knowledge of facts they are learning.
- Tell students to create a comic strip story using new terminology that is being taught.
- Direct students in a foreign language class to write their text in the language they are studying.
- Have students use the characters to create comic strips that comment on local or national politics.
Have students print or email their completed comics.
Reference and/or for more information:
8. Using Tech: Make Beliefs Comix
http://makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
8. Using Tech: Make Beliefs Comix
http://makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
