Pixton

While researching for my course "Integration of Technology in Curriculum," I stumbled upon this lovely site named Pixton.

What's great about this site is you and your students can create online comic strips for free! It has a ton of features that allows you to generate your own comics. For teachers, you get a few great perks like free rubrics with which to grade said comic strips. Also other students can comment on their fellow classmate's comic strips. I thought this would be an excellent resource to engage some students who would have issues visualizing the story world or even grasping grammar lessons.

Here is one example of a comic that illustrates a haiku:

You can incorporate the use of comic strips into other content areas, like science where this student used his comic strip to explain the difference between weight and mass:

I hope you have a chance to use this tool in your classroom! They also have a great comic on the use of adjectives which would be excellent to use to bring some excitement to grammar instruction. I think it would be a great way to incorporate a strategy to promote visualization in ELA. If I try it out with my 7th graders during my pre-teaching I will let you know how it goes!