I choose to do my software evaluation on Comic Life in a previous assignment but I thought it might be worth mentioning again during this block with regard to digital imagery and visual learners.
Visual learners, as has been posted, find success when the information they receive and the method that they communicate their learning is done visually with aid of graphs, charts, organizers etc. This type of learner needs the visual representation to help organize their thoughts and understand information.
I see the software and technology that is available to students today as a great way of helping students organize and communicate their understanding without frustrations.
Comic Life is one piece of software that "easily" allows students to import images taken using digital cameras, built in webcams or video cameras right into the program. Students have a wide range of formats, text, colour and editing options to choose from when creating their final product. Although the software is call Comic Life, the is an endless amount of cross-curricular opportunities to be had.
• Retells
• All About Me
• A Day in the Life...
• A series of images that develop a skill in Phys. Ed.
All in all I think this program provides the visual learner opportunities to organize and communicate messages and understanding in a super easy and creative way.
Here is a link that I have posted before that looks at different ways of using Comic Life in the classroom plus provides a quick tutorial on its use:
http://www.countrymeadows.district96.k12.il.us/Comic_Life_site/CLresources.html
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