Bit+Strips+for+Schools

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** What is Bitstrips? **

Bitstrips for Schools is a web based comic creation tool. Teachers can create a classroom and invite students with a code. The teacher and the students create a custom avatar at the beginning of the sign up process. The teacher can then create custom activities with the comics or use activities that are already made up.

**Bitstrips in my Classroom:**

I would love to use this tool in my special education classroom! It would be great in a group setting or individually. They have a number of activities already split up into subjects. Or you can easily make on of your own like I did below. I made a short strip about the different seasons. You can edit your own avatar and add it into any comic as well. I think this would be a great tool for any elementary classroom. It engages the students to merry pictures with the words. Plus when students make and share their own comics with the class I would think there would be a feeling of great pride. This site also allows you to change facial expressions, color, facial features, almost anything you can think of. It will be a great tool to match happy pictures to the word and so on.

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Why Bit Strips for Schools?

I chose bitstrips for schools after searching through so many different web 2.0 applicatioins. Finally when I stumbled upon Bit Strips I was instantly engaged in the website. They do a great job explaining each process very throughly. It's a very friendly site for the not so tech savy teacher as well. I suppose the overall reason I chose this site is because I think it would be a wonderful tool in a special education classroom. It would help the student become engaged visually and through the reading.

Cost

One down side is this site isn't free. For a single teacher the fee is $9.99 a month. The price does decrease if more than one class in a district signs up. They also have a quote per student. Minimum is 200 students but the price comes to be about a $1.50 per student for the whole year... So not too terribly expensive!

 My Class:

Below is a link to my classroom at bitsrips for schools. Since it isn't a real classroom please feel free to login and take a look around. I created three students in my class. Below is the link to login. Just enter the group code "edgingt" Pick any of the three students to enter. Then for the password type mobap. I didn't create the students avatars, feel free and see how easy it is with the step by step process the web site provides! You can also do this as the instructor. my email is davidhedgington@gmail.com and the password is mobap.

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