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American History - Colonial America and Westward Expansion
has curriculum based graphics perfectly suited to for students to use in making reports and doing homework.

Teaching Ideas

Kreative Komix was developed with the goal of adding an element of fun to creative writing activities. The purpose of this section is to suggest interesting possibilities beyond the obvious. We have found that using the program as an instructional tool engages students in the process of writing, allowing them to explore information from an entirely new perspective. Most of ideas in this section originated from the explorations of teachers and students from first graders to seniors in high school using Kreative Komix at our beta-test sites.

One reason we believe that so many interesting ideas cropped up is that Kreative Komix is especially well suited for students who have grown up in a world in which many of their experiences occurred within multimedia environments. Kreative Komix is a natural extension of those experiences, allowing students to create stories that not only print out, but also can actually become animated movies that can be shared over the Internet.

In the end, you too will probably get your best ideas from using Kreative Komix with your students, in a large group context if possible. We as adults, have built up preconceived notions of what communication is. Hopefully, the examples below will help you break free and create.

Characterization

Puppets are a great tool for encouraging students to build an understanding of character traits. Have the students create a character in the Character Maker, and then write a short description of their character. Include likes and dislikes, behaviors, and even values. Culminate your activity with a play that includes characters created by several students.

Instructional Posters

The Poster Size Printout feature of Kreative Komix is perfect for creating instructional posters for your classroom. This is a great way to display student writing and create a print-rich environment in your classroom.

 

Make classroom displays and graphics. In addition to teaching writing skills, Kreative komix is particularly useful for vocabulary and phonics instruction.

Kreative Komix allows a variety of print and output options.

Print poster sized versions for display and decoration.

Save your art to use in other applications.

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or information about our other popular teaching tools.

We've also created
Clip Art for Teachers,
a wildly popular subscriber based clip art resource for educators.

Make story books and panels.

Make slide show movies.

Make and send E-mail greeting cards.

It's super easy and really fun!

 

 
 





     

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