When I began to start thinking about how I wanted to approach the Comic Life project I had a difficult time deciding whether I wanted to include my students in this project or not. I ultimately decided to only use my students as subjects in the photographs instead of the creation of the comic itself due to the limited amount of class time I had. After developing my comic strip about how a bill becomes a law, I somewhat regret not finding the time to include my students in this project. I think that their participation would have been a great benefit to them in not only their understanding of how a bill becomes a law, but also in how to use the Comic Life software. I showed the students my finished product and they loved it and wanted to know when I would teach them how to do the same thing.
This led me to think about all of the different ways I could integrate this great tool into our curriculum. I'm really excited about the potential projects that we can do and the new assessment tool that I have learned to use. I have begun to brainstorm some of the ways my students and I can use this great new tool, but still haven't put any planning in to action. Please let me know how you have used or plan to use Comic Life in your classroom to help me start planning for some great lessons!
Jessicca,
ReplyDeleteOne way to use it is to have the students create a comic that gives instructions on how to do something. Maybe they could use the comic to show the steps for two digit by one digit multiplication, rounding a number to the nearest ___ place, or how to subtract with regrouping. Another way they could use Comic life is to create a time line of an important historical event, or the sequence of events in a story!
By the way, I am extremely jealous of you because my school does not provide access to the Comic life software, so until they do, I cannot use this great tool with my students!
I actually don't have access to it on school computers. I brought in my laptop and Brian's laptop and let them use them. We don't have any blocks on the internet though. That might make a difference.
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