This is the software application that I used for Assignment 2. Comic Life has been on our school board's standard image for Mac computers for a couple of years now. Basically it is a program that allows you to make "Comics". On Mac computers it links up with the iPhoto application which allows users to drag and drop photos into their comic. Users can also capture images from a video camera or iSight and place them directly into their comic.
The great thing about this program is that you can use the comic as a jumping off point for whatever you want to do in your class. Make book reports more interesting, great way to create a "How To..." chart, make the water cycle that much more interesting, demonstrate the life cycle of a frog or butterfly. I have recently begun to use this application with my Grade 5 class and they love it.
A little bit of research online turned up some neat sites that can provide educators with a multitude of ways to incorporate this application into lessons which are appropriate for different grade levels.
This is one of the better ones: (I posted the links below but they don't seem appear when I publish so I have also posted them in the sidebar)
If you want to test Comic Life out, you can get a 30 day trial download for either Mac or Win based machines.
Here is the link:
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