I got into comic strips with my students last year but found it pretty limiting with the apps or programs that I was using so I am excited that there are some other options out there to try this lesson again this year. The students loved creating them and it was a fun way for them to present their learning. ToonDoo
ToonDoo had a lot of options. I almost felt that it was too many and that my students would not finish in a timely manner because on some of the choices you have 22 pages of material to view. I like that it had a lot of different layouts to choose from but again it is limiting in the fact that you can only have a total of 4 panels. Maybe I'm just thinking that students would need more in order to be able to tell a story but if they are just using it for presenting knowledge on a concept 4 panels is probably plenty. I did feel like the clipart and images were a little dated. Pixton
I liked Pixton. It was fairly easy to use for the most part and had lots and lots of choices. It was a little more advanced with more features than I'm ready for. I think that when I show it to my students, I will let them choose between the platforms when making their own comics. I liked that it had templates you could choose from too. You can use a basic account but there are a few restrictions but I didn't find very many restrictions in what I was trying to do. To unlock all the features you have to upgrade to the Pro version which is $8/month. Make Beliefs Comix
I liked Make Beliefs Comixs but it was a little limiting again with only being able to use 4 panels max. This won't usually be a problem but if the students had more to "say" they wouldn't be able to. They would have to create a bunch of additional comic strips to tell their whole story if they couldn't do it in 4 panels. I felt there were plenty of options. If you have an overwhelming number of options then students can get bogged down in picking the exact right one, which takes away from what they are supposed to be doing: showing their learning. Tellagami Tellagami is a great app. I decided to pay for the EDU version which was $4.99 which I think is very worth it to not have ads pop up for my students. I have used Chatterpix with my students which they loved but it you can only create a 30 second video. With Tellagami you can create a 90 video, which I found was plenty of time to do a book talk or book trailer.
Great job! I really liked your comics and Tellagami. I will have to check that site out when I get back to school. My ipad is in my classroom, I only brought my Chromebook home this summer. I liked the Pixton comic. The section under the comic were you can add addition information is very helpful if you are creating a comic like you did.
Heather, I really liked your comics very informational. I agree with you that MakeBeliefsComix was very limited. The other two sites had a better variety to choose from, great job creating your comic with the tools available.
I really like the information you share in the Pixton comic! By presenting this in a comic format, students will be more likely to read it. Because the MakeBeliefsComix doesn't have very many choices, I think it's a great starting point for younger elementary users. It might reduce the the frustration level them. Great job on your Tellagami book talk!
I really liked your comics! Thanks for sharing your experience using comics with students and how you think students would be able to use each of the programs. I had never heard of Tellagami before this assignment and I really enjoyed using it. It was a lot of fun! This is something I would love to use with my students in the library with iPads. They would love it!
Awesome! I didn't notice the tool of being able to put text below the boxes like you did on Pixton. Thanks for sharing and so good to know. I really like your use of comics to teach information to students.
Great job! I really liked your comics and Tellagami. I will have to check that site out when I get back to school. My ipad is in my classroom, I only brought my Chromebook home this summer. I liked the Pixton comic. The section under the comic were you can add addition information is very helpful if you are creating a comic like you did.
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ReplyDeleteI really liked your comics very informational. I agree with you that MakeBeliefsComix was very limited. The other two sites had a better variety to choose from, great job creating your comic with the tools available.
I really like the information you share in the Pixton comic! By presenting this in a comic format, students will be more likely to read it. Because the MakeBeliefsComix doesn't have very many choices, I think it's a great starting point for younger elementary users. It might reduce the the frustration level them. Great job on your Tellagami book talk!
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ReplyDeleteI really liked your comics! Thanks for sharing your experience using comics with students and how you think students would be able to use each of the programs. I had never heard of Tellagami before this assignment and I really enjoyed using it. It was a lot of fun! This is something I would love to use with my students in the library with iPads. They would love it!
Becky Sandner
Awesome! I didn't notice the tool of being able to put text below the boxes like you did on Pixton. Thanks for sharing and so good to know. I really like your use of comics to teach information to students.
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