Cartoons and Comics

Cartoons and Comics 

Using comic strips in the classroom can be FUN and an effective learning tool for students.  There are so many free websites that allow you to create free comic strips, including: ToonDoo, Pixton, and MakeBeliefsComix.  I definitely plan to share these websites with all my colleagues at school.  Students enjoy working with technology and with our new computer lab, integrating lessons with comic strips with any subject/lesson will be simple and easy for teachers.   

ToonDoo

The comic strip above is the first comic strip I have ever created and I used the excellent website ToonDoo. This website is very simple and easy to use.  I was able to create a free account and create my first comic strip within minutes. Saving and downloading the comic strips to my computer using ToonDoo was a breeze. There are so many choices and options to create a variety of different and diverse comic strips on this website. I can see students having fun creating comic strips with instructional information they are leaning in the classroom. I made a comic strip about cells, which I cover in my science class, but I can see making comic strips for any lesson and all subjects.  Awesome website!  Go check it out!  http://www.toondoo.com/    

Pixton

Pixton is another great website to create comic strips.  I was able to create an account easily by signing in with my google account.  It was fun to create my avatar for my account, including selecting the color of my hair, clothes, glasses, eye color, nose, lips, and so much more.  Although it was easy to create an account and select my avatar, when creating the comic strip there were a lot of choices that were locked and unavailable with the free account.  I do feel there was a limited selection for making the comic strip.  I created a comic strip about volcanoes to continue with the science theme.  All subjects and lessons, again, can be used for creating comic strips.  The best feature I liked with this website was the selection of different facial expressions on the characters.  Pixton is a good website with limited selection with the free account.  https://www.pixton.com/

MakeBeliefsComix

Great website to make short comic strips without having to make an account.  There was an abundance of selections options for backgrounds, characters, masks, balloons & prompts, greeting cards, words, objects, and background color.  It was very easy to change the size and position of the characters and objects.  I really like the option to email comic strips you create and/or you can also save it online if you create an account.  I chose to create a comic strip about books!  Very impressed with the abundance of selection options available for free!  This was my favorite website for making comic strips by far! Check out this website for yourself: https://www.makebeliefscomix.com

Tellagami: I did search for the app on my iPad but was unable to successfully download the app.  The following message was given: The developer of this app needs to update it to work with iOS 11.