Making Math Fun with Toondoo

I have yet to meet a person who hates cartoons. Cartoons do many things, they make us happy, they help us think about our world, they make light out of dark or hard situations, they really help us see things in a new perspective. Why not take this concept into other subjects in school or life? Our teacher has actually done this as a project that each student in class must do. We are to create 6 cartoons that incorporate math in some sort of way. I think this idea is clever and fun for students. In a way we are sending a subliminal message to them (about math) and they are enjoying it the whole time.

For class we were supposed to use formulas, theories, or any other idea we could come up with to help students better understand the concepts we as teachers or parents would want them to learn. My example of this is perhaps a little on the stronger end- but I wanted to work with fractions. I thought about the kind of teacher who would be bold and make math fun. Then I thought of a way to do fractions with that teacher involvement. The following cartoon is the one I made for class:

So, although the idea (your teacher being made magically into thirds) is perhaps a little strong- I don't know what student wouldn't want to see that magic trick. The nice part about creating your own cartoon using a program like Toondoo is that you do not actually have to perform the magic trick and your students will still understand the basic concept behind it.

Any way that we can make math fun or school subjects of any sort should be taken advantage of. It is a simple process creating these cartoons and it is very fun. You can even make your own characters that would look similar to your students in your own classroom. So, good luck and get creative!