Post-Trip Exemplar
Post-Trip Exemplar: Comic Life
On-Trip Activity: During the field trip, the teacher (or students) take numerous photos to record the various animals, plants, and geological formations they observe.
Post-Trip Activity: After the field trip, the digital photos are placed in an iPhoto folder for easy access.
Using Comic Life, students are asked to summarize the highlights of their learning by selecting photos and creating appropriate captions. The assignment could be thematic (i.e., plants, wildlife, textures, patterns, etc.) or a general summary of main ideas.
Note:
• For younger children, the teacher can create a Comic Life template with pre-populated photos and blank bubbles containing verbal prompts such as, "Ranger Bob said..." Students can fill in the bubbles to create their own comic book summary.
• Visual prompts assist students with recall. Using Comic Life, students practice both sequencing and summarization skills. This project is a fun way to check students' understanding.
Comic Life: Flat Stanley Visits Costa Rica!
Click on the PDF file above for an example of how Comic Life was used by a group of teacher education students to document "Flat Stanley's" visit to Costa Rica. By using Comic Life, the story of Flat Stanley in Costa Rica can be readily shared with classroom students. More information about Flat Stanley, based on the series by Jeff Brown, can be found at http://www.flatstanley.com/.
(NETS: 1. a.; 1. b.; 1. c.; 2. a.; 2. b.; 2. c.; 2. d.; 3. b.; 3. c.; 3. d.; 4. b.; 4. c.; 5. a.; 5. b.; 5. c.; 5. d.; 6. a.; 6. b.; 6. c.; 6. d.)
First published on Jul 27, 2007. Content last updated on Aug 27, 2007.
