Comic Life is a downloadable software that allows the user to create comic strip/book style photo displays. While creating a comic book on metric/customary conversions I enjoyed the creativity and the freedom of expression that I want my students to have. Any questions on students wanting to engage with this type of software was answered when my 7th grade son started watching me create my project. He participated in the building of my comic book and enjoyed the process. He even asked if he could do a school project using this software. This is from a boy who hates doing class projects and never plans ahead. I am thinking of ways I can incorporate this into my math classes. The only draw back would be the cost to the students to have this at home or asking my system to purchase it for the computer lab. For a one time project there is a free 30 trial offer. Other than that I am open to suggestions for application. Please comment on ways to use this in a Math class.
3 comments:
Looks awesome. I too wish that our students could use it longer for than 30 days. We probably can buy a site license--but this is something I would want them to do outside of class. Class time is so valuable as it is.
Your Comic Life is great! I love having an example that has multiple pages. You have a whole comic book going here! It's great to hear that your son enjoyed it too.
Your comic life project looks amazing! Cost to the students is a concern of mine as well. It's awesome that your son was interested; I have a middle schooler as well, and I know how negative they can be about school work.
As for use in math class, what if you had them create a comic for the steps to solving an equation. The pictures could be of themselves or other students, and the speech bubbles would be the students explaining how to solve the problem. Just a thought, and it may not be a great one...I'm an English teachers, so I had to go out on a limb for that idea. :)
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