Comic+Life

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The Comic Life Process: [[image:Dd.jpg align="right"]]

 * 1) ====Decide on an idea====
 * 2) ====Get your pictures====
 * 3) ====Open Comic Life====
 * 4) ====File: Save As (Give it a clear file name)====
 * 5) ====Click & drag over a Page Template====
 * 6) ====Add pictures to the Panels====
 * 7) ====Size the pictures and panels with the “handles”====
 * 8) ====Save every 5 or 10 minutes====
 * 9) ====Choose a Page Style====
 * 10) ====Add Comic Lettering====
 * 11) ====Drag and position the Speech bubbles====
 * 12) ====Add dialog, narrative or facts====
 * 13) ====Add Captions as Text Boxes====
 * 14) ====Finishing Off...====


 * Use the File menu to Save your project
 * Print your Comic project
 * Export in a universal image file format such as jpg png or pdf

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==== The templates (and imported line drawings/images) were used as the base, then using the lettering tool and previous knowledge/learning experiences from within the class, learners positioned their words within that frame. After gaining the desired effect the "frame" was then deleted. ====

**How Might We Use It?**

 * ====The Time====
 * ====[|Healthy Food]====
 * ====[|Plant Cell]====
 * ====[|Diary of Anne Frank]====
 * ====[|Bionic Teaching]====
 * ====Soil====
 * ====[|Comic Life Examples]====
 * ====Comic Life Resources, Lesson Plans & Ideas====

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 * ====Fat Or Fit? A Tutorial for Creating A Poster In Comic Life while providing an opportuntiy for students to present health related information in a comic book format====
 * ====[|Comics in Education Tutorial]====

=== **Check Out Suzie's Wiki on Comic Life at http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Comic+Life It is a hugely rich resource.** ===