This week in computer class sixth graders used ComicLife to translate the school’s acceptable use policy for computing into eye-catching, comic-style posters to help educate the rest of the school about what is allowed and not allowed when it comes to school computers. The students, working in pairs, studied the original text of the policy, then acted out a scenario where the policy might come into play. They captured these scenarios using the computer’s built-in camera, then added word bubbles and graphic effects in ComicLife. The finished comics are on display on the bulletin board outside the middle school computer lab, and will stay up until after winter break. Here is one example:

Posted on September 27th, 2009 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
Filed under: 6thGrade, comiclife, student work
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