Comic+Life+lesson+ideas

=Comic Life= Software that allows one to create comic book like documents, with talk bubbles, panels etc. It is very easy to use. Made by [|Plasq] for the mac and windows.[|comiclife] UPDATE: district now has a 1000 unit license funded by PAINTS. Check with your tech coordinator if the software is not installed on your computer. (11/07)

[| Brief overview]

Tutorials
[|Quick tutorial] [|55 page manual] [|More than comics!] How to use comic Life to create cool thumbnail images with captions for you web pages.

Lesson Plan Ideas
See the [|Beach School's bookmarks tagged with "comiclife"] Lots of examples and ideas at [|Country Meadows Elementary School] TEMPLATES TOO! The following at the first two from the above page that I clicked on and they are great... [|Human body interviews] Very easy and effective! Structure could be used for lots of different disciplines! [|Animal reports]

[|Second grade story comics] Probably a lot of work to stage and take the pictures, then put into Comic Life.

[|examples] Looks like fourth grade comic life examples. Some appear to be "About me" sort of comics or memory book covers. Some are comic "reports" of artists and other famous people. Definitely usable lesson ideas.

[|Other ways to use Comic Life] Field trips, sequencing events, planning a play, as graphic organizer for paragraphs...

List of Lesson Plans and Resources[|here]

Resources
[|free use photographs]

PUSD Uses
Beach has used the software for an explorer report (4th), biome and animal adaptations reports (3rd),