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…
Q: How to Connect Critical Thinking, Research, and Information Literacy? A: Fandom
April 2, 2013 By 14 Comments
Teaching Genre Conventions From a Fan’s Perspective
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While some readers may view particular story elements as clichés, a fan might see them as enduring archetypes…
Expanding a Book’s Universe
March 19, 2013 By 1 Comment
Together we looked for ‘cheese holes’, or spaces in the story that allow the audience to participate in, contribute further to, and augment the original story using their own intelligence and imagination.
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?
Comics Creation Tools: Thoughts From ‘The Graphic Classroom’
January 7, 2013 By 3 Comments
“Visual literacy is as old as humanity. Humans learned to communicate visually before they communicated with text. It’s really not new; it just might feel new.”
Scrambling Our Brains with Pop Culture: A Sometimes Silly Conversation with Cartoonist and Author Dave Roman
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“I certainly have a lot of fun mashing these tropes and archetypes up. I think my style of writing is akin to putting all my influences into a blender and making a smoothie to enjoy with like-minded individuals.”
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