ComicLife

=**Comic Life and Social Success through Student Participation**=


 * Project Goal: Make quick and easy social narratives that students actively participate in (photos and words) and want to use. Because our anecdotal evidence indicates that student behavior improves when they actively engage (we call it social conferencing) in the production of the social narrative, we use photos of the students, their environment, and the tools that are in their environment. Students begin to learn the social strategy by participating in the social conferences (with adults and peers) necessary to construct the visual narrative. The record of the social conference is captured in a Comic Life image and added to their individualized or classroom ‘social binder.’**

Comic Life is the cost effective ($29.95) tool that allows us to include all the components necessary for successful social experiences and future social strategy training for our students from 5-18 years old. Students have begun to capture their own images and scripts by using the tools (Comic Life, digital camera) and now insist on equal participation and management of their positive social programs.

“Education will vary with the quality of life that prevails in a group.” John Dewey


Here are some great Comic Life Resources:

Tutorials:

[|MacInstruct-Using Comic Life] [|Comic Life Pod Cast] [|Comic Life YouTube Tutorial] [|Making a Comic Blog]











Lesson Ideas and Sample Projects:

Sample Comic Life Curriculum Ideas [|Template Idea for Comic Life] More Comic Life Curriculum Ideas [|Country Meadows Curriculum Ideas]



Resources:

[|Free Social Images] [|Social Pragmatic Material Exchange] [|Free Social Pragmatic Printables] [|Slater-Social Pragmatic Story Samples] [|Overview of the concept "Social Stories"] [|Read-Write-Think (Comics in Class)] [|Tons of Social Pragmatic Stories for Free] [|Another list of sample social pragmatic stories]

Web 2.0 Resources to Consider:

[|Open Source Library- Free downloads] [|Freeware Download List] [|Web 2.0 Directory]

Organizations:

[|Extensive Weblist for Autism] [|Askability] [|Polyxo] [|SymbolWorld] [|do2learn] [|teachingeverystudent] [|Plasq-Comic Life]

Feel free to stop by at my [|delicious account].

Gina Stefanini Devotion School Brookline Public Schools