Creating+Comics+or+Realistic+Dialogue

I think using photographs to stimulate students' writings would be an interesting learning experience. Students could take their own photographs and use a program like [|Comic Life] to tell stories or practice using dialogue with teacher created comics.

Comic Life screenshot:
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Using a simple, drag and drop interface, Comic Life lets you create complete comics from photos in no time or teachers could create blank dialogue balloons and focus on the use of dialogue and grammar: Students could create dialogue only or complete stories in comic form using Comic Life and an application like Picnik. These software combinations could be used in any classroom. Comic Life could be used to show a process or create a visual how-to with a lot of visual appeal. I think it would be especially effective in a creative writing class or an art class.
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