{"id":4517,"date":"2026-01-26T18:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/?p=4517"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:41:56","slug":"literacy-week-highlight-showcasing-students-animated-3-panel-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/literacy-week-highlight-showcasing-students-animated-3-panel-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy Week Highlight Showcasing Students Animated 3-Panel Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"588\">For literacy week students participated in a 3-Panel Comic Design Sprint, exploring how stories can communicate surprise, change, or a shift in thinking \u2014all within just three panels.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"1015\">Students began by planning a short narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end, focusing on how a moment of surprise or transformation could be shown visually with minimal text. Once their stories were planned, students used Midjourney as a creative tool to help visualize their ideas. They carefully crafted prompts, refined details, and made design decisions to ensure the images matched their intended story.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1186\">Students then sequenced and animated their three panels, thinking intentionally about timing, transitions, and movement to enhance the emotional impact of the story.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1250\">This project connected learning across multiple subject areas:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1919\">\n<li data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1456\">\n<p data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1456\"><strong data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1272\">Language Arts:<\/strong> Students practiced concise storytelling, sequencing, and visual narrative structure, learning how meaning can be communicated through images, pacing, and limited dialogue or captions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1457\" data-end=\"1626\">\n<p data-start=\"1459\" data-end=\"1626\"><strong data-start=\"1459\" data-end=\"1478\">Arts Education:<\/strong> Students explored composition, expression, symbolism, and how visual elements such as colour, framing, and contrast contribute to mood and meaning.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1919\">\n<p data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1919\"><strong data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1681\">ADST (Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies):<\/strong> Students applied the design process\u2014planning, creating, testing, and refining\u2014while learning how to use AI tools responsibly. They focused on prompt design, iteration, and critical decision-making rather than accepting first results.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1921\" data-end=\"2335\">Each student created a unique comic and animation, reflecting their own ideas, storytelling choices, and design thinking. Because each project is highly individual, families please visit your child&#8217;s Spaces account to view their full comic, animation, and reflection. Only a few comics and the animations have been shared here to showcase the range of approaches and creativity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2337\" data-end=\"2497\">This project highlighted how technology\u2014including AI\u2014can be used as a creative partner, guided by human intention, imagination, and ethical decision-making.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2504\" data-end=\"2551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4518\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-1.png 778w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-1-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-1-768x1011.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 544px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4517-1\" width=\"544\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/P9_AI_Animated_Comic.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/P9_AI_Animated_Comic.mp4\">http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/P9_AI_Animated_Comic.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h2 data-start=\"2504\" data-end=\"2551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4519\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-2.png 785w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-2-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-2-768x1002.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4517-2\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/P14_AI_Animated_Comic.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/P14_AI_Animated_Comic.mp4\">http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/P14_AI_Animated_Comic.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h2 data-start=\"2504\" data-end=\"2551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4520\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-3.png 1024w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-3-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/Comic-3-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 704px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4517-3\" width=\"704\" height=\"1280\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/P25_AI_Animated_Comic.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/P25_AI_Animated_Comic.mp4\">http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2026\/01\/P25_AI_Animated_Comic.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For literacy week students participated in a 3-Panel Comic Design Sprint, exploring how stories can communicate surprise, change, or a shift in thinking \u2014all within just three panels. 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