Make Belief Comix

Create your own 2-9 frame comic. Make Belief Comix makes it easy and fun to create your own comic for any subject area. The final comic can be printed, saved as a .png or email link.

Math: Have students create a comic strip outlining how to carry out certain mathematical process, like long division, fractions, or order of operations. By adding in their own backgrounds they can include visual and textual explanation.

Science: Have students summarize a scientific discovery or the evolution of a scientific concept in comic form. Or have students construct a comic that illustrates a scientific process like photosynthesis.

English/Language Arts: Have students summarize a scene, book, or character by constructing a comic strip. They could also construct a timeline about these developments.

Art: Comics strips can encourage creative expression and Pixton is a way to motivate students who are self-conscious about their drawing skills to still be creative and expressive.

History: Students can break historical events down into digestible and relatable stories through the creation of a timeline. Have them tell the story of the Boston Tea Party or Genghis Khan in a fun and creative new way. Or, have them create their own political cartoons to discuss current events.

Substitution: Students can make comic strips digitally rather than by hand.

Augmentation: Teachers can create a standard comic with blank text and have the students come up with the narration and comments to summarize a particular event.

Modification: Students can create their own comics with specified characters or events to demonstrate their understanding of a certain event.

Redefinition: Students can create their own comics with their own characters, settings, and text to construct their own knowledge about a concept, event, character, or anything else you can think of. Students can customize backgrounds with their own images and change the color of skin, hair, and eyes of their characters. The digital aspect of this tool makes it easier for less artistically inclined students to be encouraged and inspired.

Instructional Technology Coach

Mount Nittany Middle School

Email: klb47@scasd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/scasd.org/tech-please/home
Location: 656 Brandywine Drive, State College, PA, USA
Phone: (814) 235-4964
Twitter: @bowenkl