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Comment by Ryan Goble on September 3, 2009 at 3:06pm

Hey folks,

If you haven't joined the fledgling "Gaming Group" you might want to check it out. Today there was an, I think, "essential," article about Quest To Learn - a new video game based school in NYC. Frank Baker hipped me to the article.

Note: It is from the British version of The Economist so you'll read about "maths" and other such linguistic curiosities :)

An excerpt...

Periods of maths, science, history and so on are no more. Quest to Learn’s school day will, rather, be divided into four 90-minute blocks devoted to the study of “domains”. Such domains include Codeworlds (a combination of mathematics and English), Being, Space and Place (English and social studies), The Way Things Work (maths and science) and Sports for the Mind (game design and digital literacy). Each domain concludes with a two-week examination called a “Boss Level”—a common phrase in video-game parlance.

In one of the units of Being, Space and Place, for example, pupils take on the role of an ancient Spartan who has to assess Athenian strengths and recommend a course of action. In doing so, they learn bits of history, geography and public policy. In a unit of The Way Things Work, they try to inhabit the minds of scientists devising a pathway for a beam of light to reach a target. This lesson touches on maths, optics—and, the organisers hope, creative thinking and teamwork. Another Way-Things-Work unit asks pupils to imagine they are pyramid-builders in ancient Egypt. This means learning about maths and engineering, and something about the country’s religion and geography.

Full post here - I would love to hear what folks think about this school concept.

BTW - For the record - I'm awful at video games - even Pac-Man.

Comment by Ryan Goble on August 19, 2009 at 1:47pm

Just caught this Frank Baker blog post:
Interview With Author: Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every An...

Might be of interest to some!!

RRG:)

Comment by Ryan Goble on August 16, 2009 at 12:33pm

Did folks see Marek Bennett's comment on the Comic Science discussion at the very bottom of the discussion thread? He put up a URL for his Jr. High Solar System Comics Unit (poor Pluto!).

It is very cool stuff with information for teachers interested in doing a comic science unit.

Check it out:

http://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/comic-science

Comment by Ryan Goble on August 13, 2009 at 1:21pm

P to the G - this is awesome - would you pretty please (with boogers on top) consider posting this in the Elementary Ed Discussion Forum.

http://mcpopmb.ning.com/group/elementaryteachers/forum

If you copy and paste a description of Little Lit (lots of teachers might not be hip to it) a bit about the story and the lesson plans our k-6 crew will be THRILLED!!!

If you post it in the discussion forum teachers will be able to search for it and it will be easily archived. It looks great! Thanks for sharing!

RRG:)

Comment by Peter Gutierrez on August 13, 2009 at 12:38pm

"Little Mouse Gets Ready" Lesson Plans Now Online

Kaite and Bucky had been asking about this earlier -- well, they're finally available. Thanks!

http://toon-books.com/book_littlemouse_lesson.php

Comment by Ryan Goble on August 10, 2009 at 1:20pm

New MC Popper Marek Bennet made some interesting additions to an old Social Studies and Graphic Novel post here. Great additional resources.

Ryan

Comment by Ryan Goble on July 17, 2009 at 9:05am

John,

I'm out of town, so I haven't been doing proper welcome e-mails. But do consider posting a sample lesson plan or two up above in the discussion forum and people usually comment back. Thanks for joining and we look forward to seeing your ideas and resources! Ryan:)

Comment by John Isaacson on July 16, 2009 at 8:54am

hey there, I'm new to this site, so I'll quickly introduce myself. My name is John and I've been teaching comics as language and visual arts enrichment in artist-in-residency and after-school programs in k-12 settings for the last ten years. I'd love to share my lesson plans with other teachers interested in learning approaches to teaching students how to tell stories with comics.

Comment by Ryan Goble on July 8, 2009 at 8:49am

Does anybody have any ideas for Sean on depression era graphic novels? The post was here.

Comment by Caitlin Plovnick on June 18, 2009 at 11:22am

Hey,
I don't know much of the background on this, but those in search of comics-related science projects might be interested in this zine-making contest:
http://www.yearofscience2009.org/about/zine-contest.html

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