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-I have this one student who is all about making comic books. He’s an avid reader and is decent when it comes to writing papers, but he pours his heart and soul into making comics. I wanted to aid him into making something more concrete than merely a notebook filled with comic strips. So I created this digital comic book unit.

-I’m not technologically advanced in any capacity, so even scanning pictures onto adobe Photoshop was a process for me. After a full day of cursing the computer, I learned that I had to save the comic pictures on jpeg, and then I could move them onto PowerPoint.

-I had arranged a deal with the student to get me the comic strip early so I could work on it. He didn’t come through until the very late stages of this project, although I had already designed the Unit. I was able to transfer the comics onto the computer and create the digital comic book using PowerPoint so you can view it as a slide show.

-I’ve been thinking whether or not this assignment should be beefed up if I gave it to a whole class, as in making the students add music and a voice over. I figure that it’s best just to get them to create the comic book and get familiar with scanning the pictures and putting them into a slideshow onto PowerPoint.

-I’d like to teach this assignment earlier in the year, and then later in the year have the students create a music video of their favorite song using PowerPoint. I chose PowerPoint because this will let the students become familiar with this program that they will no doubt use for however long they attend classes. I-movie would work too, but most students that give presentations use PowerPoint and I-movie was never used for presentations when I went to school for my under-grad.

Here are the links to my student's digital comic book as well as the lesson plans.

Comic book


lesson plans