An array of free resources related to writing and producing media… to use yourself, or make available to others.
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…
Using Single-Panel Cartoons to Introduce Scriptwriting to Students
March 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
A quick lesson idea that introduces scriptwriting by focusing on funny images and formal language.
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.
Transmedia in Schools and Libraries: Thoughts and Strategies from Tyler Weaver
February 7, 2013 By 21 Comments
“How can you tell a story in a game and have it be school-appropriate, while simultaneously making the student think about the implications of what they enjoy playing?”
Please Take This, Copy It, Use It, Improve It: A Digital Fandom Checklist
January 26, 2013 By 8 Comments
Teaching librarians and language arts educators have, via fandom, a unique opening to reframe netiquette as something other than a subset of character education or online safety.
4 Questions for Richard Beach about Literacy and Digital Comics Creation
January 18, 2013 By 2 Comments
“There’s a shift towards a more multimodal ways of communicating through digital videos, VoiceThread, and graphic novels/comics that is more appealing and engaging to adolescents who now expect such multimodal ways of learning…”
Comics Generators and Literacy: Edtech and Nontech Insights from Bill Zimmerman
January 9, 2013 By 8 Comments
“By encouraging their students to create comic strips, teachers accomplish important goals: they prepare their students for being able to appreciate art more, to gain visual literacy.”
Comics Creation & Critical Thinking: From Doctor Who to Bitstrips
January 5, 2013 By 5 Comments
The limitations of most Comics Creation software are actually strengths when it comes to learning about media and enhancing critical thinking skills…
Guest Post by Christopher Shamburg… When the Lit Hits the Fan in Teacher Education
November 23, 2012 By 12 Comments
Teachers don’t have to teach Harry Potter, Captain America, or World of Warcraft, but they can allow students to build their writing on these stories.
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