Check Out Gene Yang's "Graphic Novels in the Classroom"

I just stumbled upon Gene Yang's article in the Language Arts Journal, "Graphic Novels in the Classroom" - it's a wonderful treatise on why use graphic novels for teaching, in comic form. Go Google it - and it's a PDF download. I can't legally paste it here...

Ryan says it's ok - so I'm pasting it here. Ryan, please post bail if I get into trouble. Mr Yang,if you reading this - it was Ryan's idea. Gene_Yang_article.pdf.

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Permalink Reply by Tony O'seland on October 23, 2011 at 10:23am

Thanks for the link. I'll add that to my materials for teaching aspiring teachers.

Permalink Reply by Ryan Goble on October 24, 2011 at 9:28am

Yen Yen - can you go to "options" in the right corner and add a good hyperlink for people? Furthermore, it is ok to share educational things - even a PDF =here under fair use as this is a non-profit educational site with a focus on media education (also see this book Copyright Clarity). Thanks for sharing this great article!

Also, FYI did you know Mr. Yang is an MC POP member? His page.

Permalink Reply by Jay Hosler on November 8, 2011 at 1:14pm

This is a great find. Thanks, Yen Yen. I made a similar comic essay called Comic Book Science in 2007. It is focused on using comics to teach science, but I think most of the arguments apply to other disciplines. Hope you find it useful.

Permalink Reply by Ryan Goble on December 6, 2011 at 9:26pm

Jay you should make that a solo post in the science group - I think those folks would love to see the resource!

Permalink Reply by Marcy Prager on December 9, 2011 at 10:05am