Graphic Novels & Comics

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For people interested in discussing comics in the classroom!

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• Jim Ottaviani is a librarian and author of many science themed graphic novels through his Ann Arbor based imprint GT Labs. Heck, Jim is so cool he has a wiki page.
• Hyeondo Park is a manga artist whose work can be found at http://www.hanaroda.net. His illustrations include Wiley adaptations of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar & Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
• Nick Sousanis is a comic artist whose fascinating philosophical comics about education are collected at http://www.spinweaveandcut.blogspot.com/
• Award-winning artist, illustrator and teacher Gene Yang is the author of many graphic novels including American Born Chinese, The Eternal Smile & Prime Baby. His personal website is http://humblecomics.com. You can also read about his webcomics for Algebra Students here.
• Maureen Bakis has a book about teaching graphic novels coming soon through Corwin and blogs/shares resources at her Ning www.graphicnovelsandhighschoolenglish.com

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Comment by steven houseman on July 10, 2011 at 1:00pm: Also, Ryan, I just followed you on twitter. My name is @HouseSox

Comment by steven houseman on July 10, 2011 at 12:58pm: Hey Ryan, I do not know of any hash-tags but we can always start a new one, right? What about #gnedu ? I recently took a course that opened my eyes to the usage of GN's in a classroom. We partnered American Born Chinese with Great Gatsby. Wow

Comment by Ryan Goble on June 27, 2011 at 11:24am: Does anyone know if there a twitter hashtag for teaching with graphic novels or comics? I haven't seen anything obvious in a search.

Comment by Ryan Goble on May 31, 2011 at 12:47pm: Mom - you can now tell Marcy "how beautiful" in her discussion above!!!! :)

Second Grade Creates Graphic Novels

Comment by Pam Goble on May 31, 2011 at 12:46pm: Marcy,

How beautiful.

Pam

Comment by Ryan Goble on May 28, 2011 at 10:47am: Marcy - that can go up in the discussion so that it is archived (With a url and not buried on the wall) and shared in our Week In Review - you might also cross-post in the Elementary ed group discussion - thanks for sharing!!!

Comment by Marcy Prager on May 28, 2011 at 10:44am: Check out the slideshow to see how creating comic strips in an elementary classroom really works! The second graders are studying various aspects of Japanese culture. Sumo wrestling has been a big hit! Three Strong Women is the tall tale I chose for students to read as partners to learn about traditional wrestling in Japan. Then we used "Kids Web Japan" to learn about modern day sumo wrestling. Students also learned to draw "Hello Kitty" characters, another aspect of Japanese culture. Students synthesized all of their learning to make individual "graphic novels," modeled on the graphic novels they are reading in class. Enjoy! (An integrated curriculum is a meaningful curriculum).

http://gallery.me.com/marcyprager#100764

Comment by Ryan Goble on May 28, 2011 at 9:31am: For those not following the QUESTION: What do people need to know in order to teach the comic responses - you should check out the interesting set of responses folks dropped on Mike.

BTW - if you ever see a discussion you REALLY want to follow just click the follow button at the bottom of the discussion - see the hand below...