Comics

I really enjoyed this week's reading which was displayed as a comic strip. I think that graphic novels and coming strips would be a great tool to use in my own classroom. As the author said, it helps students understand the information visually, and might help them remember the information. Students can also refer back to them to study, or if they need help. As a teacher I hope that the resources mentioned in the article will be sufficient assistance for me because it seems like a tough task to take on. I am also not an artist, and would need help with that. I am familiar with a program on the Mac computers called Comic Life in which you can create comic scenes and such. This would be a helpful tool for anyone who wants to use comics in their teaching. This program gives you the tools needed to create fabulous comics, with all the details and graphics you associate with comics. It would be helpful if at the school they had macs where the students would be able to use them to even create their own comics!