To become a Digital Citizenship Community at our School, it can sometimes be a challenge to find ways to have Students get dialed into this role of theirs! We start each week in Technology Encore discussing what it takes to be a good Digital Citizen, then this was one of the ways to help them model their role....creating a comic strip! The parameters for the project were simple: the overall topic must be about being a good Digital Citizen and the strip could contain tips or a story about how the character is modeling this good behavior.
We used MakeBeliefsComix (www.makebeliefscomix.com) to design our comic strips. It is an easy to use web-based program where Students can create 2, 3 or 4 pane strips. There are a large variety of characters to choose from, as well as backgrounds, props, thinking & speaking bubbles. Once they are finished, printing and saving is a snap!
Other Ideas for Comic Strips:
* Storytelling - any and all subjects!
* Biographies - the character could tell details about a famous person
* PBLs - have the characters in the strip talk about what the PBL was, the materials used and the outcome!
* Characters can describe PBIS behaviors!
* Great for Presentations - Students love showing off their final product!
Happy Creating!
Elana Moore
