Long after the school year ends, students will still think about their Civil War-reenacting history teacher or their librarian who enters poetry competitions.
Ways to Welcome Fanfiction in Schools
July 18, 2013 by
When it comes to fanfiction and academics, there is a long history of non-fans writing and doing things that fans don’t particularly like, so you should be extraordinarily careful when you introduce fanfiction-based exercises to wary young fans.
Fanfiction: What Educators Really Need to Know
July 17, 2013 by
Do young fanfiction authors seek the kind of feedback that educators would find “useful” in K-12 settings, and are fanfiction communities really the nurturing environments of peer-critique that some make them out to be?
BEA, Famous Authors, and Why We’re All Guilty of Promoting ‘Celebrity Culture’
June 4, 2013 by
I guess there was some cosplay going on, but most participating attendees chose to dress up as publishing executives for some reason.
In Memory of ‘Script Frenzy’: Some Free Resources for Writing for Media
April 7, 2013 by
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
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
A quick lesson idea that introduces scriptwriting by focusing on funny images and formal language.