Storyboards are a great planning tool for writing and a great way to retell the plot or important events in a story you've read. There are many different online comic strip makers that can be used to storyboard. Today you will have a chance to explore a few different comic strip making programs. Play around with them, see what you like in each. Be prepared to choose one to share interesting or cool feature that you discover today with the class. (Information below is taken from Free Technology for Teachers)
Pixton and Storyboard That are both good platforms for creating comic
strips.
Make Beliefs Comix
offers comic strip templates and writing prompts in up to seven
languages. The templates and prompts can be completed online or you can
print them out. Make Beliefs Comix iPad app supports the creation of
comics in seven languages; English, Spanish, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, and Latin. To create
comics in the Make Beliefs Comix you simply select the number
of frames you want to use then choose the characters that you want to
feature in your story. After choosing your frames and characters you can
type text into speech bubbles to tell your story.
Comic Master is a free tool
designed for students to use to create comics in the "graphic novel
style" that is popular with a lot of kids in the ten to fourteen years
old age range. Comic Master provides a drag and drop interface for
students to build their comics on. Students using Comic Master can
select from a variety of layouts, backgrounds, characters, effects, and
fonts.
Witty Comics provides a simple
platform to create two character dialogues. To
use Witty Comics students just need to select the pre-drawn background
scenes and the pre-drawn characters they want to feature in their
comics. Writing the dialogues is the creative element that is left to
the students.
Write Comics is a free, simple
tool for creating comic strips. Write Comics doesn't require any
registration to use. In fact, registration is not even an option. To
create a comic on Write Comics just select a background from the menu,
choose some characters, and add some speech bubbles. You can continue
adding frames until you've completed your story.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
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Monday, May 16, 2016
Grade 1: Habitat Presentation
You are going to create a book about Habitats. Choose a Habitat below to learn more about.
Use the research tool in Google Presentation to find the following. Complete the graphic organizer before you make your slide!
1. Picture of your habitat
2. Animal you would find in your habitat
3. Plant you would find in your habitat
4. One fact about your habitat
Click here to go to the presentation
Log into your Google Drive account
Drag your images onto your slide.
Create a textbox to write your sentence about your habitat
Use the research tool in Google Presentation to find the following. Complete the graphic organizer before you make your slide!
1. Picture of your habitat
2. Animal you would find in your habitat
3. Plant you would find in your habitat
4. One fact about your habitat
Click here to go to the presentation
Log into your Google Drive account
Drag your images onto your slide.
Create a textbox to write your sentence about your habitat
Grade 2 & 3: Final Habitat Project
Final Habitat Project
You have studied Habitats in your classroom, created at least one habitat presentation in Tech class. Now you are going to create your own Habitat Presentation to share with the class.
1. Create a slide for each of the major habitats.
3. Include some information: Where is this habitat located in the world. What type of climate is found there.
Go to Google Classroom to get your copy of the presentation
Clck here to go to Google Classroom
Click here for a good resource for your research
You have studied Habitats in your classroom, created at least one habitat presentation in Tech class. Now you are going to create your own Habitat Presentation to share with the class.
1. Create a slide for each of the major habitats.
- rainforest
- wetlands
- polar
- desert
- marine
- grassland
3. Include some information: Where is this habitat located in the world. What type of climate is found there.
Go to Google Classroom to get your copy of the presentation
Clck here to go to Google Classroom
Click here for a good resource for your research
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Grades 1-3: Preparing for Plymouth Plantation
This week, students in grades K-5 will be visiting Plymouth Plantation. Today, we will explore the website, take a virtual trip using Google Earth, view a slideshow of some of the highlights of Plymouth Plantation and learn how to talk like a pilgrim!
Click here to view a Pilgrim Village and the slideshow (If you have problems viewing, open in Safari)
Click here to print worksheet that goes along with the slideshow.
"Good Morrow"
"How Do You Fare, Goodwife?"
The Pilgrims talked a little differently than we do today. If you visit the Museum's 17th-Century English Village, you will notice that the townspeople say words you know in a funny way, or even say some words you don't know at all! That's because they are speaking in 17th-century English, not 21st-century modern English. Click here to learn more!
Click here to print worksheet that goes along with the slideshow.
"Good Morrow"
"How Do You Fare, Goodwife?"
The Pilgrims talked a little differently than we do today. If you visit the Museum's 17th-Century English Village, you will notice that the townspeople say words you know in a funny way, or even say some words you don't know at all! That's because they are speaking in 17th-century English, not 21st-century modern English. Click here to learn more!
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