ComicLife in Your Classroom   Charlene Chausis, Technology Training & Integration Mgr. (Retired) Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL School Website: http://d125.org/   Presented at the Classroom 2.0 Chicago 2008, Nov. 7, 2008

ComicLife projects and ideas ... Easy to create! Easy to share! ComicLife files can easily be "Exported as a web page" as well as ... • Exported as jpeg files (for sharing electronically -- never try to email a ComicLife file) • Printed to PDF (still big files, but faster printing) • Exported directly to iPhoto (which can then be shown as a slide show) • Exported to a Quicktime movie For those of you new to ComicLife, check out the ComicLife gallery at: http://plasq.com/comiclife/gallery/ to see the possibilities. ★ Be sure to download the free cartoon character artwork from artist Esa Holopainen, at the Plasq website: Download for Mac (pdf) or Windows (png) -- for non-commercial use (see rights in the download file). To place more than one graphic in a panel: For Mac: Hold down the Command key For Windows: Hold down the ALT key Esa's website is Bloodhound Comics: http://www.verikoirat.com/englanti/indexe.html Some popular ComicLife features include: • Image Filtering for your photos (make your photos look like drawing) • Built-in iPhoto and Finder image browser (all your iphoto pictures show up for easy drag and drop into your project) • Library of pre-made templates, styles and fonts • iSight image capture (capture pictures using your computer) • Bendable comic lettering text (much more flexible than WordArt in PowerPoint) Atomic Learning provides tutorials online through "Lesson Accelerator" project launchers on topics such as: * Character Comics * Fat? Or Fit? * Internet Safety - Be Aware * Picture Perfect Alphabet * Spanish Matching Game * Who Am I? * Color Web Book Here's a link to the "Fat or Fit?" Project Launcher from AtomicLearning: http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/la_fatfit_comiclife/ Online Examples: ComicLife Creativity from Scott Meech: http://smeech-presos.wikispaces.com/Comic+Life Also check out this extensive Comic Life resource page from Judy Epcke from Dist. 28 and Marilee Sarlitto at Dist. 96: http://comic-life.wikispaces.com/... which includes excellent student samples and downloadable teacher-created templates. Suggestions for creating your comic: http://web.uvic.ca/%7Etpelton/comicrelief/makingacomic.html A few more curriculum ideas... Social Studies: Anxiety Disorders World Languages: About me scrapbooking Science: Each student is assigned an atomic model, and then research general background info on the scientist. They describe what their atom looked like at the time. Science: Body systems English: Vocabulary examples. Science: Classification Fairy Tale Elements and... ComicLife Examples on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/comiclife/ "Of Mice and Men" from Jerome Burg: http://web.mac.com/ghsinfo/iWeb/OMAM/The%20Slideshow.html "We Learn as We Grow" Garden Project: http://www6.district125.k12.il.us/~gijohnso/learn_as_you_grow/Garden2007/Launcher.html   Tools for creating, editing, sharing ... Digital cameras, iPhoto, ComicLife, other online tools, as needed. ★ iPhoto – http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/ ★ Comic Life – http://plasq.com/comiclife/ or for Windows, http://plasq.com/comiclife-win/ ★ Flickr -- http://www.flickr.com Owned by Yahoo, Flickr is a tremendous resource for images. Many Flickr users have chosen to "share" their work with a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through photos under each type of license. http://flickr.com/creativecommons/ ★ FdFlickr Toys -- http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ check out Motivator, movie poster, trading cards, billboards and more! - Slideshow tool example - Motivator example ★ iWork Pages or Keynote – http://www.apple.com/iwork/ ★ Pics4Learning.com --http://pics4learning.com Copyright friendly images. Share your work with other educators.   More fun ... Online Creative Fun with Images ★ Favorite Flickr Mashups from Photojojo - http://photojojo.com/content/guides/favorite-flickr-mashups/ ★ Create photobooks from your Flickr photos - http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/ ★ My del.icio.us bookmarks for more Flickr-related websites: http://del.icio.us/cchausis/flickr ★ Favorite Flickr Sites from David Jakes - http://www.jakesonline.org/flickrsites.htm ★ FlickerStorm -- http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ ★ Use your webcam to take fun pictures -- your image into interesting templates (picture your face as the Mona Lisa)       -- http://cameroid.com  and -- http://faceinhole.com ★ Your photos into slide shows from Animoto -- http://animoto.com (through Dec. only, sign up for free educator account)

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