Comic Life Poster

This was one of the easiest, most fun programs that I have ever used!  The possibilities for using this program both at home and in the classroom are endless.  What a fun way to recap the week in photos and print to display them in your room (one per week all year), make flashcards or have the kids create posters of historical people,places or events.  This would be a great way to post step-by-step directions for basic subjects such as reading, writing and math also.  This program is so easy to manipulate that I'm sure the kids would love to make their own poster of almost anything you'd ask them to; and just think of all the things they could learn and explore while doing research for those posters!

I was able to use this program at home also.  This weekend a friend had a baby shower, and I was able to take pictures of her newborn and place them into the templates, creating great framed posters for her to hang in her nursery.  I quickly became comfortable with this program and am confident that I could use it in almost any setting.

Once again, another great program.  I love how this class just keeps building and building.  Just when I think there is no chance there could be a better program out there for our next lesson, I'm pleasantly surprised.  This is one of the best classes I have ever taken!  The practical application, coupled with a great teacher showing us how to do lessons makes this class priceless!

Digital Video

I've really enjoyed this project. It's been a lot of fun to look through photos to use for this video and reminisce as I went along. I chose to do a video of a friends wedding that occurred this past summer. Their first wedding anniversary is coming up and I figured it would be a nice present for them and a perfect opportunity to work on something that I cared about. I had no problem importing the pictures from iPhoto. I did however have trouble fading the music in and out. It would only let me fade over the course of 2.0 seconds, which I didn't feel was enough time on a couple of the songs. I would have liked to have had the choice to fade the music out over a course of 5.0 seconds or so instead. I had fun with the Ken Burns affects. It was a lot of work to do each one, but fun none the less.

Overall, I had a lot of fun and think I took away a valuable skill from this lesson. It will be great to collect photos over the course of the year in my future classroom and put together a little video for the kids to take home at the end of the year. What a great way to preserve memories throughout the years.