I was really nervous about this whole comic thing until I downloaded the free 30 day trial of comic life. This program is AWESOME and I highly recommend it! It is so much fun to play around with. You use pictures that you already have and create a comic using bubbles and fun fonts. It is very guided and user friendly so I liked that a lot.
As for using this in the classroom I had so many ideas. Students could make comics in a Language Arts class to describe a part of the book they're reading. They could use it as a persuasive technique and try to "sell" an idea to someone. They could create a comic of their own life or event. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!
So because my new literacy project isn't quite finished I created a comic to warm me up to my final graded project. I decided to do a comic about my life and spring break. My sisters and I ran the disney princess half marathon and it was absolutely incredible. Becky and I had been training and Heather... well lets just say she went on the elliptical a couple of times. Read the comic to see how Heather did!
Enjoy!
I agree with you comics are a great way for students to get their creative juices going but still relate it back to academics. One thing I have noticed in my class is that many students have not read too many comics or are not familiar with them. So before giving a project with comics, I am think I am going to have to read them some so they understand the idea of it! But I do agree that the possibilities are ENDLESS :)
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Comics really are a great way for students to get excited about learner, especially boys. I remember in elementary school boys in my class were constantly reading comics and trying to create comics of their own. What a perfect way to incorporate and use technology in a way that is already appealing and fun to students! I'm definitely not familiar with comics, let alone using technology with comics, so this was really neat to hear about!
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