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Having students create a comic book for their final evaluation
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Here it is not even 4:30 am and I’m up worrying about the final evaluation for my grade 12 Advanced Learning Strategies Classes. My students and I have come up with a different way to demonstrate the knowledge/understanding, thinking/inquiry, communication and application skills they’ve acquired over the semester in my course. They’re going to create a comic book to illustrate The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens.I told my classes that I was tired of the usual Power Point presentations, brochures, etc., that I wanted to try something different and suggested they might be interested in creating a comic book using Toondoo as part of their final evaluation. It turns out they were ready for a change too and thought that creating a comic book would be cool.
Although I like the idea of my students using Toondoo as a tool to demonstrate their learning and skills, I’m more than a bit concerned. This project is worth 20% of their final mark, and I want them to be able to do their best. Could they demonstrate enough of their learning in a comic book? When I raised my concerns with them, the consensus was that they could do it. In fact, they were looking forward to doing it. They’ve been getting familiar with the program so that won’t be a problem.
We’re just going to finalize the rubric today so they can start on the project on Thursday. I feel better knowing that they have to create a story board before they actually start to create the comic book. The story board should alert me to any problems anyone might have.
It’s amazing how much they trust me. They’re not questioning the final project at all. I tell them all the time that I want them to be able to do the best they can in my course and that I’ll do all I can to help them do that. I guess they believe me.
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I hope you keep sharing on this concept and reflect on what works for you and what maybe didn’t work so well.
It may be too late but ToonDoo is in a beta with a closed ToonDoo site for schools (I am testing it with my sixth graders) and it is a closed wall community.
Shoot me an email if you want a contact person at ToonDoo.
Kevin
I can’t wait to hear how this turns out. It sounds like a project that the kids will enjoy.
I think this is a wonderful idea!! It’s creative and will let the kids show off what they’ve learned in a really different way. I hope you’ll share with us how it goes! I might modify it a bit to help my first graders take ownership of our class/school rules