Likely when you were in school, having a comic book in the classroom (to put it mildly) were frowned upon. Educators are now realizing that the broad appeal, real dialogue, captivating characters, and riveting story lines of comics make them a powerful literary tool for the classroom. (Welcome to Mutant High!)
In the clip below, Josh Elder (Reading With Pictures) and Stephanie Noell discuss today's cutting edge techniques for using comics to teach English as a second language.
Reading With Pictures is championing comic books in the classroom to be used as a super-effective learning tool. For more information and to support the cause, visit http://readingwithpictures.org/
What do you think about comic books in the classroom?
Currently I feel that if Comic Books will help a child to read then the parent should buy as many as they can. What a great way to help a child or even an adult. Wonderful post. :)
ReplyDelete~ Quida
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Thanks Quida ~ my sentiments exactly. Hoping educators continue to embrace comics as a learning tool
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