One tool that I've found engaging with students is ToonDoo, a free online website that allows students to create their own cartoon strips, and save/share them on the ToonDoo website. One project with 5th/6th grade students introduced mindfulness practices, and asked them to relate their own experiences to the topic using the Toondoo website. This was engaging and also allowed me to create a database of cartoon strips around students experience with mindfulness practices. As the program spread to an additional school this semester, I was able to share other students insights around the practices through the easy-entry cartoon strips. This made the sometimes serious topic of mindfulness more approachable and fun to explore. The Toondoo website allows for quite a bit design features to create your own cartoon strip. It's free and allows you to save your work, including tags to your work also allows for an easy search to access the creations. Within the site you are able to modify most elements, you can select the number of storyboard boxes, cartoon character to use, including facial expressions, postures, and size. Once the charters are inputed into the boxes, you can add dialog and commentary boxes, symbols, and objects. This also allows for some practice around visual literacy, how to express ideas visually for maximum effect. Students enjoyed this tool, and were able to create some great cartoon strips. I would rank this website 5 out of 5.
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AuthorAs a teacher and community advocate I strive to remedy the challenges of adverse childhood experiences (ACE), poverty and violence. I'm intrigued by the motivation that is cultivated by different supportive and discouraging learning environment, and how overcoming the achievement gap can transform our society. Archives
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