Archive for the ‘Comics’ Category

MakeBeliefsComix.com Online Educational Comics Launches WRITER PROMPTS to Help ESL, Literacy Students Write, Read and Tell Stories

September 30, 2008Troy Hicks 2 Comments »

A note from Bill Zimmerman at MakeBeliefsComix, a site I have written about before: MakeBeliefsComix.com has launched a new WRITER PROMPTS feature that regularly offers educators new ideas to spark students’ imaginations and encourage them to write more. The new writing tool is a direct result of the overwhelming positive user response to our free [...]

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Kevin Gets Comical

September 22, 2008Troy Hicks 1 Comment »

Congrats to my NWP colleague, Kevin Hodgson on the publication of his new comic, Boolean Squared! He uses Comic Life for the basic layout and then fills in the pictures himself. It will be interesting to see where he takes this, both in terms of using the technology to produce the comic as well as [...]

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Make Belief Comics

January 5, 2008Troy Hicks 2 Comments »

Recently, I was alerted to a new comic-making tool: Make Belief Comix. Here is a sample of what you can do: And here is a more thorough explanation from the creator of the site, Bill Zimmerman, who emailed me the following: Dear reader, I want to share with you news of my newest educational project [...]

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