So does this sound like something that could get the teen and tween comics fans you know into nonfiction? Sure it does.
Book Giveaway: Informational Text Par Excellence… ‘American Comic Book Chronicles’
May 22, 2013 By 7 Comments
Jane Austen, Edtech, and the Promise of ‘Theatrics’
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“A narrative experience like ‘The Lizzie Bennet Diaries’ is compelling in part because of the great bones of Austen’s story and characters, for sure. But equally compelling is the story form, the opportunity for consumers to engage deeply with those characters…”
Welcoming ‘Sanditon’…and a Whole New Level of Fan Participation
May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Fans will not only have the opportunity to interact with the story, but actually be a part of it.”
433 Words on Why Fandom Doesn’t Belong in Schools
May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A key part of the power of the fandom is precisely that it lies outside the realms of codified hierarchy we find in school and in the workplace…
Why ‘Marble Season’ is My Favorite Book of 2013 (So Far)
April 16, 2013 By 1 Comment
As far as outside-of-school literacies are concerned, “Marble Season” is possibly a definitive treatise on the subject without even intending to be…
Crowdfunding, Fandom, and Media Literacy: One Key Thing We Should Be Teaching Kids
April 14, 2013 By 3 Comments
It’s not just dollars that are getting invested in the crowdfunding process, but fans themselves.
Book Giveaway… Les Misérables: From Stage to Screen
April 11, 2013 By 4 Comments
If I can appreciate all the work that authors Nightingale and Palmer put into this book, imagine how genuine fans might feel…
Q: How to Connect Critical Thinking, Research, and Information Literacy? A: Fandom
April 2, 2013 By 14 Comments
The task for educators is not to drain this sense of open-ended exploration from student-fans but rather to make sure that it is accompanied by the Jiminy Cricket-like voice of critical literacy…
Teaching Genre Conventions From a Fan’s Perspective
March 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
While some readers may view particular story elements as clichés, a fan might see them as enduring archetypes…
Sparking Visual and Cultural Literacy with ‘Reimagined’ Movies
March 21, 2013 By 1 Comment
Which of these movies would you most want to see?
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