115: Online Comic Strip Creators

In this episode, I share with you some free online comic strip creators, and I give you ideas on how to incorporate them into your homeschool lessons.

1. Makebeliefs Comix

Makebeliefscomix.com is easy to use. Just drag and drop elements into the frames. It has limited graphics but is a great place to start

2. Google Slides

Make a table in Google slides, search for graphics and use the shapes for speech bubbles. Here is a video that will walk you through the process.



3. Canva

Canva is the most versatile of these 3 tools. You can use the elements they provide free or import others.

Watch this video overview

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Two other paid comic strip creators are Storyboardthat and Pixton.


Ideas on using comic strips for school assignments



* Timeline of events

* Creative Writing

* Book summary - use a certain number of frames

* Grammar - must use part of speech

* Geography - set a comic strip in a specific location

Show sponsor, FundaFunda Academy, uses the comic strip creation as a student assignment in the middle school Writing Fun class and in some high school classes eg Government.

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