Young people need to understand the way that media texts position them—even with, or perhaps especially with, those texts whose content they are sympathetic to…
Exploring Common Core’s Informational Text… with Violent Video Games
January 24, 2013 By 5 Comments
I’ll hazard that many of us don’t immediately think “games” when we think of “transliteracy,” but why not?
“Are Zombies Good for Kids?”: A Lively Roundtable
October 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
” I can see where it’s alarming to see your kid looking like a corpse, but it’s all part of rebellion, of saying the “regular” world of mortgages and wars and nuclear meltdown frightens them and they want to distance themselves from it…”
Just-For-Fun Giveaway: Zombie Cupcakes Book
October 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
The tendency is to group fictional treatments of pop culture archetypes such as zombies with similar texts of fiction, but actually non-fiction texts such as this one can be far more reflective of fandom-based learning…
Recommended Comics for Schools: Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland, The Adventures of Venus, Rough Justice
September 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Encourage students to analyze panels closely to determine how the visuals work with the text. Ask: Where do they clarify information? Where do they expand upon it? Where do they represent a parallel track of information?
Recommended Comics for Schools: Annie Sullivan, Mystery Boxes, Anna & Froga
September 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Skills and teaching topics covered in this post include visual literacy, nonfiction, genre, and transliteracy…
Seeing the Future Through the Lens of the Past: A Conversation with Brian Fies (Part 2)
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“Every time I see a vehicle broken down on the side of the road, I reflect on what a truly terrible idea flying cars would be. That’s not a promise I seriously want kept.”
Seeing the Future Through the Lens of the Past: A Conversation with Brian Fies (Part 1)
August 1, 2012 By 3 Comments
“Comic books are really a different product now, less intended for kids than the adults they grew into.”
A Few Words with NPR’s Brooke Gladstone on “The Influencing Machine”
May 7, 2012 By
“In the aggregate, we get the media we deserve, the good, the bad, the ugly. And no one likes to feel responsible for it.”
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