Comic+Life


 * 1. Take the test on [|Skyward] **
 * Investigate: **
 * 2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? ** The design cycle can apply to the real world when you apply for college.
 * 3. Answer the Design Brief questions below: **
 * *How do I think and act? ** I think and act positively and responsibly except when I am mad.
 * *How have I changed since I left elementary school? ** Since I left elementary school, I have learned to think more positively (and I got taller).
 * *Why is it important to look after myself and others? ** It is important to look after myself and others so I can stay safe.
 * *How am I a superhero? ** I am a superhero when I help my little sister.
 * *How can I change the life of one other person for the better? ** I can support them in their decisions and help them be the best they can be.
 * *What are the requirements for this assignment? **
 * = Using Comic Life, create a comic about you. =
 * = Your comic must include at least 25 - 30 pictures. =
 * = You can use Photo Booth and/or get pictures from the Internet. =
 * = If you get pictures from the Internet, you need to create a folder, put the folder on the desktop, and put the Internet pictures in the folder. =
 * = Use the Design Cycle to complete your assignment. =
 * = When you are finished with your comic, print it and post it on your wikispace. =
 * = Copy and paste all of the information below into your wikispace to answer the questions. Name your new page "Comic Life". =
 * = I will explain Comic Life to you when you are finished with your Investigate and Plan steps. =


 * Plan: **
 * 4. Brainstorm ideas - get the chart from me. **
 * 5. Select one of your ideas and justify (explain) your choice: ** Evil Dr. Jimmy released a giant into the city that captures Super Zoe. Super Brady has to rescue her and then together they defeat the giant. We chose this idea because we thought it would be fun and because Tal read it and wanted to be the giant.
 * 6. Does your idea meet all of the requirements in the Design Brief? ** Yes, our idea meets all the requirements of the design brief.
 * 7. Does your idea answer all the questions in the Design Brief? ** Yes, our idea answered all the questions.
 * 8. Use the story board paper to plan your comic life. Get your story board from me! **
 * 9. Explain how you will use your time to get your project finished in 6 days: **
 * ** Day 1: Don't forget you need to finish the Investigate and Plan steps. **
 * ** Day 2: ** We will gather all the pictures we think we will need
 * ** Day 3: ** We start our comic
 * ** Day 4: ** We will work really hard so we can finish our comic
 * ** Day 5: ** We will continue to work hard.
 * ** Day 6: Don't forget you need to print your comic and post it on your Comic Life Design Folder page. ** We will finish!


 * Create: **
 * ** Use APPROPRIATE software and pictures to create your Comic Life. (and be nice to my computer!) **
 * ** Follow the steps of the plan you made in question #9. **
 * **Follow your storyboard.**
 * ** Pay attention to the quality of your presentation! **


 * Evaluate: **
 * 10. If you made any changes to your plan or story board, explain why you changed it: ** We made changes to our storyboard because we were going crazy when we made it and we wrote all these weird things for us to say that we didn't like as we started making the comic.
 * ** Why did you change your plan? ** We didn't change our plan, that stayed crazy the whole time.
 * ** Why did you change your story board? ** We didn't like the "script".


 * 12. Does your comic meet all the requirements? ** Yes our comic does meet all the requirements and we even checked!
 * 13. Share your comic with at least one friend. What did he/she like about your comic? ** They thought it was funny and the overall appearance looked good.
 * 14. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve? **
 * ** Investigate: ** We didn't need to investigate how comic life worked because I had used it before, but i think i should have let Brady play with it a little bit because he didn't know how to do a lot of things and i had to teach him.
 * **Plan**: We filled out the storyboard and script like we were suppose to.
 * ** Create: ** We both worked hard on the comic.
 * ** Evaluate: ** We read it when we were done and fixed things as we went.
 * 15. Were you responsible in using the software, Internet, pictures, and computer? ** Yes, we were both responsible when using the software, internet, pictures and computer.
 * 16. How are you a superhero? ** I am a superhero when i help my family (didn't I already answer this one?)
 * 17. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6) ** I think I deserve a 5 or a 6.


 * Attitude **
 * 18. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard". ** Yes, I completed the project without whining.
 * 19. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6) ** On my attitude, I think I deserve a 6.