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Students Can Create Daily Comix Diaries to Show What They Learn
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Dear colleagues, I am writing to you to make you aware of the work I've been doing for the past six years in creating and developing MakeBeliefsComix.com as an educational resource to help students…Continue
Using Online Comic Strips to Teaching Writing, Reading and Creative Storytelling
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Dear ISTE colleagues,A few years ago I created a free online comic strip generator called MakeBeliefsComix.com where students and teachers can creative their own comic strips and in so doing,…Continue
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"Literacy, ELL Students Can Create Daily Comix Diaries Online to Show What They Learn
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If you’re looking for an exciting new literacy activity for the new school year why not start a daily 20-minute comic strip…"
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If you’re looking for an exciting new literacy activity for the new school year why not start a daily 20-minute comic strip segment…"
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Dear colleagues,
If you’re looking for an exciting new literacy activity for the new school year why not start a daily 20-minute comic strip segment…"
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Literacy, ELL Students Creating Daily Comix Diaries to Show What They Learn
Dear colleagues, If you’re looking for an exciting new literacy activity for the new school year why not start a daily 20-minute comic strip segment during which your students create a comic diary about something they learned or read or experienced that day? Creating such daily comix diaries provides a way for students to digest and integrate key material that they are taught as well as to reflect on their lives and experiences. And what better way for all students, including English Language…See More
William Zimmerman replied to William Zimmerman's discussion Using Online Comic Strips to Teaching Writing, Reading and Creative Storytelling
"Dear Melissa,
Thanks for your wonderful note. I am glad you are finding MakeBeliefsComix.com useful in the classroom. I did try to make the site as simple as possible to use, and I hope, in time, to keep adding more characters and new features. The…"
Melissa Rollosson replied to William Zimmerman's discussion Using Online Comic Strips to Teaching Writing, Reading and Creative Storytelling
"I love MakeBeliefsComix! This is one of the digital tools I encourage teachers to try with their students. There are so many ways it can be used in the classroom and it is incredibly easy to use. Even young students can complete a two-panel comic in…"
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Using Comic Strips to Encourage Student Literacy
Dear ISTE colleagues,A few years ago I created a free online comic strip generator calledMakeBeliefsComix.com where students and teachers can creative their owncomic strips and in so doing, practice writing, reading andstorytelling. It offers some 80 characters with different emotions toselect from, blank talk and thought balloons to fill in with text, storyprompts as well as printables. Comic strips created can then byprinted and/or emailed.It now is being used by educators, particularly in…See More
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Using Online Comic Strips to Teaching Writing, Reading and Creative Storytelling
Dear ISTE colleagues,A few years ago I created a free online comic strip generator called MakeBeliefsComix.com where students and teachers can creative their own comic strips and in so doing, practice writing, reading and storytelling. It offers some 80 characters with different emotions to select from, blank talk and thought balloons to fill in with text, story prompts as well as printables. Comic strips created can then by printed and/or emailed.It now is being used by educators,…See More
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Literacy, ELL Students Creating Daily Comix Diaries to Show What They Learn
Dear colleagues,
If you’re looking for an exciting new literacy activity for the new school year why not start a daily 20-minute comic strip segment during which your students create a comic diary about something they learned or read or experienced that day? Creating such daily comix diaries provides a way for students to digest and integrate key material that they are taught as well as to reflect on their lives and experiences. And what better way for all students,…
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Using Comic Strips to Encourage Student Literacy
Dear ISTE colleagues,
A few years ago I created a free online comic strip generator called
MakeBeliefsComix.com where students and teachers can creative their own
comic strips and in so doing, practice writing, reading and
storytelling. It offers some 80 characters with different emotions to
select from, blank talk and thought balloons to fill in with text, story
prompts as well as printables. Comic strips created can then by
printed and/or… Continue
A few years ago I created a free online comic strip generator called
MakeBeliefsComix.com where students and teachers can creative their own
comic strips and in so doing, practice writing, reading and
storytelling. It offers some 80 characters with different emotions to
select from, blank talk and thought balloons to fill in with text, story
prompts as well as printables. Comic strips created can then by
printed and/or… Continue
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