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= = =[|Make Beliefs Comix Maker]= =**Introduction:**=

Make Beliefs Comix is an online comic maker that offers a simple to use platform. Students can design their own two, three or four frame comic strip using hundreds of the backgrounds, props, and characters this program offers. Make Beliefs Comix also offers students the ability to add text or thought bubbles. Once the comic strip is finished students can either print their comic strip or choose to email it. This is a free program and it does not feature any of the pop up advertising some other sites may have.

=Instructional Uses:=

Make Beliefs Comix maker is very easy and simple to use so it is great for the younger elementary students as well as the older students to use. Students can make their own comic strip and gain valuable experience with writing the text to go with the comic strip they have created. I use this site for my second and third graders as an introduction to story writing they will be doing in their classroom. This gives them experience with writing a story line that makes sense and follows a general sequence of events. For my older students, they were given the opportunity to create a comic strip that aligned with a writing project they had completed in which they had to tell about one of they most memorable events. The students were more encouraged to complete the writing assignment knowing they were going to get to make a comic strip about that day as well. Once all of the writing assignments were complete and the comic strips were made we constructed a class comic book.

=Screenshots:= Title art and screenshots captured from the Make Beliefs Comix website.