Saturday, June 20, 2015

Cartoons and Comics

This was a fun Saturday night.  Seriously, there is not a hint of sarcasm anywhere in that statement! I just finished being a little creative with cartoon and comic apps.  And just think, if I had fun learning and creating, how much fun would my students have! 


Tellagami

 The first thing I made was a Tellagami.  This is a free iPad app and super easy to use.  It literally only took me about 15 minutes to make.  Students would definitely be able to make one of these.  I used a background picture from my camera roll, but they certainly have a wide variety to choose from.  I think this would be a fun way to do a book talk.  Just add a QR code to the book, and you have another option besides a book trailer.   I had so much fun with this one, I just had to post to my personal Facebook page right away.  It was a huge hit.  One friend that liked it was on a vacation.  I told her it would be fun to take pictures and let her son narrate their trip.   The possibilities for classroom use are endless.  Just the novelty of this app will get students engaged in learning.  And one more reason to like this app,  I look good.







Pixton

 Next I tried my hand at creating a comic.  By far, my hands down favorite is Pixton app.  It's easy and includes many choices for characters, backgrounds and even the number of panels to included in your comic strip.  It was easy to save, share, and embed the comic strip. 




ToonDoo

 Next, I tried ToonDoo.  This site limited the number of panels you could use.  I felt like it was really hard to be creative when you only had three or four panels to tell your story.  However, there was a nice variety of characters, backgrounds, and other features.  This was easy to save, share, and embed the comic strip.  http://www.toondoo.com


By the book




MakeBeliefsComix

Of the three, I felt like MakeBeliefsComix had the least amount of choices of characters and backgrounds.  Also, MakeBeliefsComix would not let you save.  You either had to print it out or email it to someone.  In my opinion, it was the hardest of the three to use.  But they did provide a great resource for uses of comic in the classroom and lesson plans.  www.makebeliefscomix.com


Gosh, I can't wait for school to start! 
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5 comments:

  1. Miss Rebekah JonesJune 23, 2015 at 2:34 PM

    I had the worst time with ToonDoo! I'm glad not everybody had those issues! :)

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  2. UnknownJune 23, 2015 at 3:58 PM

    I agree with the disadvantage with not being able to save your work with MakeBeliefsComix. It was also very limited, but it made me reminise of old school Sunday comics I used to love growing up. I also agree that over all Pixton gave the most variety in creation and sharing capabilities.

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  3. RosarioOzunaJune 23, 2015 at 6:40 PM

    I really enjoyed watching your Tellagami. I need to get an iPad. I will sure look into it and I love your idea of introducing yourself and the library. Great idea!

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  4. UnknownJune 26, 2015 at 9:30 AM

    Great way to illustrate the students that they can be the characters from any book they read!!!

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  5. Elizabeth GrossJune 28, 2015 at 4:23 PM

    you did a good job of talking about the good and bad points of all the sites. As you looked deeper into Tellegami than anyone else so far and used camera photos, you probably gave everyone ideas about how to use it!

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