Comics & Animation

Comic Strip Panels
MakeBeliefComix  (teacher resources, lessons, multi-languages)
Comiqs   (Closest to Comic Life)
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Themed Comics
Graphic Novel Templates from Marvel from MashOn
Comic Ideas from ReadWriteThink
Comic Ideas from Apple

Instructional Applications
  • Timelines (history, events, sequences)
  • Historical figures (history of, life of)
  • Instructions (step by step, details, illustrations, easy to follow)
  • Dialogue punctuation
  • Character analysis
  • Plot analysis
  • Storytelling
  • Pre-Writing Tool
  • Post-Reading Tool
  • Teaching Onomatopoeias
  • …and on and on




Animations
Comiq's  Talk Show (in beta) 
Zimmer Twins   (cannot embed or share)
(teacher resources & lessons from Zimmer Twins site)

Real Animation (more difficult)
Automatoon  (about)


Pssss! Don't get distracted playing with Vokis!







StoryBook Style
ZooBurst (10 for free, fee after)

StoryBook with Audio Option

Simple Animation to Deliver a Message



Instructional Applications
  • "Week in Class" Review
  • Autobiographies
  • To Demonstrate and Record Research
  • Mock Interview
  • Instructional Manual
  • Convert a Work of Fiction to a Comic 
  • Report on Current Affairs
  • Sequencing (create & reconstruct)
  • Reflection
  • Story Boarding
  • Comprehension
  • Practicing New Vocabulary
  • Poem and Art Interpretations
  • Historical Interpretations
  • Closing Activity in Which Students Sum Up Day's Learning, Re-Use at Class Opening Next
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