So Corinne's post got me remembering something that I wanted to post about our Tech Tips.
I used the site bitstrips.com for my tech tip, and I thought it would be interesting to share with you that this site could be very useful when you are incorporating Graphic Novels into your lessons. What you could do is take a text and have them create a graphic novel version of a specific chapter or scene through the website. I believe using bitstripsforschools.com would be a better resource, since you are able to monitor content vs just bitstrips.com.
I just remembered all of the things we did with Kim with Graphic Novels and figured that this might be a prominent theme we may find in our classrooms or even want to use ourselves during student teaching or even in your unit plans. This also allows our students to use technology which is always a plus. You can use bitstripsforschools.com for your classroom, have them create avatars which look like them, assign them projects, and keep track of their progress and log-ins. If you guys want to know anything more about bitstripsforschools.com let me know!
:) Thanks!
Dakota
p.s. sorry about the color...
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! Bitstrips is hilarious and so creative! I could definitely see how you could use bitstrips with a graphic novel! Actually, couldn't you see students making their own comic strip to some of the classics? I could see students making a bitstrip for a Macbeth scene where the text bubbles were in modern English!
ReplyDeleteYes! I feel as though students would really enjoy doing this and it would really show off their creativity!
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