I did my comic life on an episode of the office which made it quite fun. I
really enjoyed it because I got to create a comic based on one of my favourite
shows. I enjoyed creating the story but
using the program was kind of irritating.
The program works but it is not without flaw, there aren’t many options
and it can be difficult to maneuver. It isn’t very user friendly, I think it
could be much easier if they changed or updated it. It was difficult to insert
pictures, sometimes it wouldn’t be saved correctly for the program so it wouldn’t
insert or wouldn’t paste. As well you couldn’t add boxes (comic boxes) on top
of your picture, only before. Overall it is a good program, there is just a few
kinks to be worked out.
If a teacher were to use this for a humanities 8
assignment, it could work for both English and socials subjects. An example of a project
they could do is the following; create a comic for a chapter of a novel study
they are working on. They would have to
have images and descriptions. The plot would have to be clear and background information
would have to be given. The students should introduce the characters and the
setting clearly. The comics would be marked on a quality, length, amount of
images, quality of image, clear writing, and clear plot. I think doing this
project for a portion or chapter of their novel study would give them a deep understanding
of the story, since they would spend time turning it into a comic. This could
work for a common grade eight novel study like the outsiders.
