ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Students will learn to use ComicLife to load, manipulate, adjust, and save digital photographs in a comic book style format. Students will then use that knowledge to create a researched comic book page (1-2) of a famous African-American from history. The page will be displayed online for comment. Students will successfully design, create, choose content for, alter, save and post their work online.
STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING!
Students will work individually to master the ComicLife software suite. They will choose photos from Google Images to work with. They must complete research on the person assigned to them, and create a 1-2 page project. Final projects must be posted the Google+ Community Web Page AND sent by Gmail to Mr. S for credit.
Peer Mentoring will be used to help each other master the program.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TODAY!
Standards Covered In This Class
PA 3.7.7 & 11 Section C / ISTE 2011
CSTA Tied With Common Core ELA/Math rev. 2011
Weebly Journal Entry: Follow the link below to the United States Library of Congress site for Black History Month. Choose any of the articles listed and READ it! Write 4-5 Sentences in a Weebly Journal Entry telling us about why you chose the article, what was interesting about it, and what you learned while reading it. Make sure to state what the article was about and why it is important.
Title:"Black History Month"
Link: http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/
Assignment: Today you will choose an African-American Historical figure from my list and create a 1-2 page comic-book about that person's biography. Include where they are from, what significant contributions they have made, and why they are a prominent historical figure. Your page must include when and where they were born, some reference to where they lived, and where they are now. I encourage you to create your page with some "flow" to it. You must collect pictures to go with your story and then use ComicLife to create the comic book pages. YOU MUST USE AT LEAST 6 PICTURES. YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 2 QUOTES. We will work on one together in class today and your story is due by Thursday, February 6th (4pm). No two projects can be on the same person.Use these websites to choose a historical figure:
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhmbios1.html
http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/tp/famousafricanamericans.htm
I MUST APPROVE YOUR CHOICES PRIOR TO YOU STARTING YOUR PROJECT! A list will be available online to reference the choices made by everyone.
Here is the list of People's Choices (CLICK HERE)
I found the first sample (Above) online. The sample below that was created by me this morning in about 10 minutes. Take your time and use the whole page please.
You will be graded on the following basis:
50 points - Accuracy of Historical Facts
50 points - Grammar and Spelling
50 points - Creativity and Layout
50 points - Turning it in completely and on time.
STEPS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT:
1. Find Pictures and Complete Research
Research Includes:
Where They Were Born
Reason They Are Famous
Contributions To Society
Where They Live Now
Famous Events They Were Involved In
2. Open ComicLife and Adjust Your Layout
3. Add Pictures In Logical Order
4. Add Headline/Title
5. Add Quotes and Historical Notes
6. Add Your Name (byline)
7. Save Work as ComicLife File
8. EXPORT File as PDF and JPEG
9. Upload PDF and JPEG as Separate Files To Your Google Drive
10. Click the SHARE Command and Email the Files to Mr. S For Credit
11. Copy the Shareable Link and Paste it into the Google+ Community For Everyone To Share!
Good Luck and Have Fun!! Final Projects should be submitted in both JPEG(image) and PDF(adobe) format by emailing me at my school address. YOU MUST ALSO POST A LINK OF THE JPEG VERSION ON THE CLASS GOOGLE+ COMMUNITY. I will compile them, and you will see them all next week as my screen saver. I will try to print them in color to display them. Get to work!!
YOU MUST INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO WHERE YOU FOUND YOUR INFORMATION. LINK TO WEBSITES MUST BE SPECIFIC!
When you are finished, I will review it for accuracy and return a copy if you need to make changes. If there are no changes and you are finished, you should post the picture of your ComicLife Page to your Weebly Website. Have fun and relax with this project.
Mr. S
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