I’m not sure about you, but if I learn something in the context of a story I am much more likely to remember the details. Educators have accessed the incredible story telling power of Comic Life to engage students in…
Jigsaw Learning Resources: Cricket
Michaela Wilkinson – a PE Teacher, Netballer and Skier – recently posted a tweet that caught our eye! Tried @comiclife with the Jigsaw Learning concept for a Cricket lesson focussing on Fielding! #peerteaching by @MWilkinsonPE We had to reach out to Michaela to find out…
Anatomy of the Human Body
Comic Life can be used to create things that look as comic like as this… …. But that’s not always the look people are going for. Some people want to do serious things, make images that are useful to surgeons…
The Glory of Instant Alpha
Have you ever wanted to create a photo so epic you felt like you should be in the next Super Hero movie? Or is that just me? Yesterday I saw a picture and was like, “Dang, wouldn’t that have been…
Telling The Story of the Titanic
We all know that the story of the Titanic, and its ill fated journey lends itself to epic retellings from musicals to films to novels. Anyone with a radio in 1997 remembers Celine Dion singing about her heart going on and…
Making Sense Of DNA and RNA
This comic is a stellar example of what can be done in Comic Life 3. Big thanks to @PeteHSL for sharing! Follow the dramatic environment that lives within the cell. If I hadn’t read this the first time while laying on my…
Multi Media Digital Stories Created on the iPad
Students build amazing stories that really come alive. View the original post to see more amazing storytelling projects. A recent class project – Multimedia Digital Stories using the iPad Over the past half term I have been working with a…
Using Comic Life Across The Board
Teachers are so creative it knocks my socks off sometimes. This is from the blog, Teaching With A Purpose. Comics are a great way for students to show their learning in a concise manner. They are limited to the speech/thought…
Book Report Project In Comic Life
I’ll admit that the post below is almost entirely lifted from an educational blog dedicated to ICT-ELT, which is geared toward incorporating visual and technological support into teaching. They’re all about adopting and adapting tools to use in the classroom,…
Dinosaur Escape!
There are so many layers of creativity going on in this project that I can hardly stand it! There’s creative writing, painting, mystery and intrigue, problem solving, and storytelling with comics. It’s just so good! Students at Whitefield Primary School…
Spring? Is That You?
You guys…. I didn’t think winter was ever going to end here in North America. And for some of the continent it hasn’t. Watching the Winter Olympic Games last month I was almost envious of Socci’s weather. They had sun!…
Hooray For The Humanities
Here’s a great one page comic about teaching humanities from Joanne Harris. It’s short, simple and packed with information. Enjoy!
Gearing Up For The School Year!
Hello! Good gravy, is it almost September already?! So much has happened this summer. We’ve been cooking up some things here in the plasq lab of photo comic creation, but we’ve also been hearing from you! Teachers are already posting…
Global Collaboration
I love to see educators embracing available technology with creative projects. We’ve seen some incredible ideas coming from @PEGeeks, in particular a post by Jon Tait about a recent transatlantic effort. The students of Merton School, Wisconsin and Woodham Academy,…
Fast and Easy Newsletters
While the high school in this comic is real (it’s my alma mater) the newsletter shown here is not. I created this comic as an example of how Comic Life can be used to put together a information packet quickly…