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Comic Life. For the Math classroom. Created by Winnie Milner, media specialist For Warren County Career Center November 2013. What is comic life?. an award winning application used for a multitude of visual purposes Don't just think of it as a comic strip creator !
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Comic Life For the Math classroom Created by Winnie Milner, media specialist For Warren County Career Center November 2013
What is comic life? • an award winning application • used for a multitude of visual purposes • Don't just think of it as a comic strip creator! • Youtube 3-minute introduction
General Uses other than typical comics… • Annotated images, signs & event flyers, • How-to guides & instruction manuals, • Dynamic photo albums, articles, scrapbooks & family trees, • Field trip & internship debriefs, • Greeting cards & newsletters, • student, staff & class introductions, orientations, protocol or rules, • Graphic organizers, tables, charts & timelines, • Special certificates, • Picture books, culminating assignments & more...
How can it be used in math? • Defend or support the steps demonstrated in a problem or process • Narrate the thought process in a multi-step problem-solving process
How can it be used in math? • Math puzzles, bellwork & extra credit
How can it be used in math? • Demonstrating mastery
Very basic & easy to use Users choose from: • Templates (Above right), • blank pages with drag & drop styles (bottom right), or • Completely blank pages
Resources • Port Washington district’s pool of examples • Park Forest Middle School pool of examples (Scroll down for the neat “math girl” comic- beginning is pictured right) • Pre-algebra example • SLIDESharepresentation on Comic life