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Bill Zimmerman

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School / Work Affiliation: College of Mount St. Vincents Institute for Immigrant Concerns
Blog: http://www.billztreasurechest.com
Website: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com
About Me: I am an author/newspaper editor who creates books and web sites that help people of all ages find their writers' voices. I have also created a free, no-ad online comic strip site --MakeBeliefsComix.com -- where people can create their own comic strips and in so doing improve their writing, reading and storytelling in many languages, from English to Spanish, German, Italian, Latin.

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Michelle

I visited your site tonight and I can think of 5 of my students that would absolutely LOVE using it! My boys that are constantly writing their own comic strips during class time. Now I can tell them about the site and they will probably use their free technology time to create many comics! I love how comic strips allow students to develop their voice in writing - this one being one of the hardest to teach how to develop. I will pass the word along my colleagues about your wonderful site! Thank you for developing it for our young (or older) writers!

Apr 7, 2008
Michelle

I am happy to spread the word...I had a student bring in a comic that he made at home last night! It was cute. I do have a question...are the comics only able to be three frames? Is there a way to make them longer, or am I just not seeing that option on the create page? I use comic creation as one option for students to show what they have learned after a unit of study, but three frames is not enough...I require eight normally.

Apr 9, 2008
Jack

Hi Bill!

Hope you had a nice winter break. I was wondering if you have any high school contacts who would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. We'd really like to get students involved from NY!

You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!

Jan 11, 2009