Here’s a great one page comic about teaching humanities from Joanne Harris. It’s short, simple and packed with information. Enjoy!
Comic Life 2.1.5 Is Released!
Come one! Come all! Come update your app! Comic Life 2.1.5 is out today. Enjoy making your comics on the go with the latest update.
Adding Tech Spice To PE
A big thanks to @TechforPE (Jorge Rodriguez) for posting a video about using Comic Life posters and augmented reality in the classroom. Here are some of the lesson details from PE Stations at Harvard Elementary: • Portfolio set up •…
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…
Arts Award
Hello All! We have some great news to share. This July Comic Life is helping sponsor the Arts Award Conference in Yorkshire, England! Wondering what Arts Award is? Here’s a little information on the program from one of their program…
Book Summary
Just a short post highlighting this great comic page from @missjillyteach. Her students put together comic pages summarizing John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars.
Biking For A Cause
Please allow me to introduce you to Frederick. Frederick Sarran is a student for a Master in Autism, a cyclist, a tech enthusiast, and he has a plan to wrap all of those things into one fundraising effort. Frederick works with…
Bloom's Taxonomy
A little while back we heard from the wonderful people over at AppsInClass about using Comic Life to reach all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. John wrote a great post breaking down the possible uses of Comic Life. Check out the…
Open Call: Making Comic Life The Test
Helloooo! So, in replying to the request to write about Comic Life as an assessment tool I seem to have missed the mark slightly. Marilee was looking for ideas and discussion about thinking outside the box when considering new ways…
Thanks!
Someone posted in our comment bar and said, “that is the coolest idea ever.” Woot! That’s the kind of stuff that makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside. We like making cool software that people want to use. So, thank…
Comic Life as an Assessment Tool
Hello! Thanks to our fancy schmancy suggestion bar at the bottom of our posts we recently had a request to write about Comic Life as an assessment tool. And that’s just what we’re going to do. First off I want…
Art History Comics
Students use Comic Life to tell the stories of some of their favorite artists. These projects are a great way for students to demonstrate what information they’ve learned while researching while also integrating technology and literacy into an art course.…
We Made An Infographic In Comic Life!
So it’s an infographic about Comic Life made in Comic Life posted on the Comic Life blog… it’s all very meta.
Why Libraries Are Awesome
There are some incredible people out there that we might never get to meet. Thanks to the internet, however, we can cross paths with each other in moments of greatness. This, my friends, is one of those moments… Please allow…
End of Year Reflection Lesson
Paul Hamilton has given us lots of examples of how to use Comic Life in the classroom. He’s delightful about tossing links our way via Twitter. Here’s a video he created about using Comic Life for iPad as a project…