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Other Uses for Comic Life
By Tom Woodward | June 7, 2007
I’ve been using Comic Life for a while now (which is probably pretty obvious to anyone who reads regularly) BUT I’m trying to help get a site license approved for the county so I made up two quick examples of other types of uses today and figured I’d post them.
If anyone has done anything cool with Comic Life and feels like sharing some examples of student or teacher work I’d appreciate it.
The history example hits on SOLs 6c and 6d dealing the Revolutionary War and why the colonists won.
This example is meant to show how it can make relatively dull vocabulary work more entertaining. Sure, could do something similar in Word BUT the key is that Comic Life makes this both very easy and very fun. I seem to recall that fun things work better with kids.
Topics: Apple, Apps, Comic Life, English, Examples, History | 9 Comments »
June 7th, 2007 at 11:45 am
After drooling over all of your Comic Life pages you’ve been posting, I decided to visit the Plasq website on the off chance that a windows version MIGHT be in the works. I had a huge “OMG” moment when I saw that they have a beta version for Windows and it’s ready for downloading. I can’t wait!!!
June 7th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Glad to hear it Ben. It’s an awesome program. I hope it works half as well on a PC.
June 9th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Hi Tom, here’s a really simple example of a unit for primary kids:
http://lib.surruralist.net/2007/06/09/comic-life-for-littles/
June 24th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Pam,
Thanks for taking the time to pass that on. Sorry I was so slow in thanking you.
Tom
October 18th, 2007 at 11:31 am
This is such a fantastic program! Is it okay to let my students download the 30-day trial version onto their ibooks? Also, have you been able to make any headway on getting a site license for the county? Thanks for your help!
October 18th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Gillian,
You can’t install programs on the student iBooks. They set things up so that’s virtually impossible without the TST passwords.
I’m still working on a site license. I’d recommend talking to your specialist and getting others to take part in that as well. That’s one place we can create pressure for getting the program.
Tom
November 28th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
A fellow teacher and I have created a webpage full of examples and templates to use with Comic Life. They are all from a K-5 environment, but you can see how we have used them with the students.
http://www.countrymeadows.district96.k12.il.us/Comic_Life_site/CLindex.html
April 27th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Totally love Comic Life and so do my students. Great program that has many uses. On a side note, I am way impressed with your blog there is just a ton here.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Francie- Comic life is great. Glad the blog is useful. I’ve been working at it for a while. Things add up, even with my erratic posting habits.