By MrsPolk | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon
Of course I wouldn't use this comic with my students, but it was funny and I couldn't resist!
My first strips was made using ToonDoo. It was easy to create a free account and I was up and ready to create in less than a minute. The site seems very user friendly with graphics to help you navigate the site. You can also create a comic book with your comic strips. This would be great for a big unit of study or to create a class book.
I then created a comic strip in Pixton. It was more involved and took much longer to create. It was not as user friendly and I would most likely not use it with my younger students because it's too difficult to navigate easily. I was able to create a free 30 day trial educator account. I did create my own character that I used to resemble me. They had some variety but not as much as I would have liked. I also was unable to save the comic to my computer unlike ToonDoo. You can log in with an Edmoto account which if you have one would be nice. Once in I was asked to set up groups, post an assignment, and add people. You can customize the assignment and put a start date and a due date as well as give instructions to kids. This was the most difficult site to navigate and create a comic on, I would not use this with my students at the primary school.
So having your students get creative and make a comic to complete a unit of study, tell about something they have learned, work on creative writing, parts of speech, plot, retell a story, prediction, book reports, onomatopoeia, current events and just about anything you can think of.
I also created a Tellagami. It's a free app that I downloaded onto my Ipad mini. It was super easy to create your gami and put the picture into the background and record. Students would love this, plus the price is right for every teacher and student-free! I think even my second graders could do this and have a great time learning! It could be used to create summaries of books they have read, reports on science or social studies topics and maybe even to explain how to work a math problem. Oh the wheels, they are a turning!
Halloween Hustle Tellagami
I truly enjoyed creating my gami and it was super easy. I, too, will have students use the strips and the Tellagami app to allow my students to be better public speakers and express what they've learned in a variety of ways.
ReplyDeleteI personally preferred Pixton. What I didn't like about MakeBeliefsComix was that you couldn't save to the site, therefore no option for editing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that ToonDoo and MakeBeliefsComix were the easiest to use. I like you would use MakeBeliefsComix with my students especially because it is free and no account is required. I did not like Pixton especially because I could not save it on my computer and it was not as easy to use. Great job creating your Tellagami. I like your ideas for using Tellagami in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Your comics were colorful and your Gami was great! I hope you have fun with your students using these!
ReplyDeleteI actually liked Pixton more than the other comic sites. I felt so limited in the other two. It was very frustrating, but I can see your point with ToonDoo and MakeBeliefsComix. Pixton is probably better for older students and the other two are better for younger students.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there is a similar program to Tellagami in which younger avatars can be chosen for kids to use to record? There's an app - Sock Puppets - which works on the same concept, but it's sock puppets instead of people.
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