Comic Life

I went to a great class the other day - Comic Life! It is pretty much just what it sounds like. It's a program that allows you to make your own comic book page! It accesses all of the pictures you have stored in iPhoto and allows you to drag them into the panes they have set up, or you can make your own template. You can also scan pictures that you have drawn or use clip art to fill the panes. After you have all of the pictures in the places you want them, there are lots of different sizes and shapes of word bubbles to include. There are titles and captions, and they all come available in that great comic book font!!

I had the most fun playing with it and I think kids would have a blast! It would be an amazing tool for helping kids make a story sketch - they could outline it using the program and then write the story later, or do it the other way around, make a comic to illustrate a story they have already written - which would help them to determine the main events in their story.

This would be great for social stories as well - with real pictures of the kids involved!

It's an amazing tool with a lot of potential!

The link above will take you to LPS's ulocker. Type in your username and password and then click on the "teacher info." folder. Inside that folder, there is a "software" link - choose your platform and find it in alphabetical order "Comic Life". There is a class for it in the district, but it is pretty easy to figure out on your own, and of course, if you had questions, you could ask me.

Try it - you'll like it!