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Jane Austen, Edtech, and the Promise of ‘Theatrics’
Following is a continuation of my talk with Nick DeMartino, Head of Business Development for Theatrics.com. This week’s first episode bow of Welcome to Sanditon, based on the unfinished novel by Jane...
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After Earth Day, Who “Speaks” for Nature?
From “Planet Ocean”–human beings as just one more creature colonizing the sea. Here we are, then: at that point on the calendar known as “the rest of the year.” It’s not Earth Day any more, or even the...
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In Memory of ‘Script Frenzy’: Some Free Resources for Writing for Media
Every April I’ve looked forward to Script Frenzy, and so it’s with some shock and dismay that I’m belatedly learning that this wonderful event was put to rest last summer. Only last year I ran a piece...
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MTV’s Andrew Jenks on Storytelling, Media Literacy, Baseball’s Bobby V, and...
Jenks, at left, in his breakthrough HBO doc “Andrew Jenks, Room 335” If you’re unfamiliar with the television work of Andrew Jenks, please read why I think it’s important, especially in terms of the...
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Book Giveaway: ‘My Adventures as a Young Filmmaker’ by Andrew Jenks
On the one hand, we have Reality TV–a phenomenon that even when it’s “good for us” cognitively à la Steven Johnson comes across as a kind of guilty pleasure. On the other, we have the world of the...
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Transmedia in Schools and Libraries: Thoughts and Strategies from Tyler Weaver
In the first part of my conversation with Tyler Weaver we discussed the many benefits of teaching with, and making, comics as well as the role of the school librarian when it comes to transmedia… here...
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Teaching Transmedia with Comics: A Conversation with Tyler Weaver
When I first heard about Tyler Weaver’s book that places comics squarely at the center of transmedia, I thought it was too good to be true (I’ve long argued for giving comics a more central role in...
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4 Questions for Richard Beach about Literacy and Digital Comics Creation
I first met Professor Beach, co-author of the recent Using iPad and iPhone Apps for Learning with Literacy Across the Curriculum, when we served on the NCTE Commission on Media several years ago, and...
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Free Media Literacy Resources from the Folks Who Just Brought You the Oscar...
No, I’m not the biggest fan of the Oscars per se... but I do love the way that they, like awards in media generally, can provide a springboard for critical thinking and insightful discourse once we go...
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Comics Generators and Literacy: Edtech and Nontech Insights from Bill Zimmerman
Hope you enjoyed the conversation with Chris Wilson. In fact, by way of introduction to today’s expert in comics creation tools, you can read Mr. Wilson’s piece on the benefits of the site that my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jane Austen, Edtech, and the Promise of ‘Theatrics’
Following is a continuation of my talk with Nick DeMartino, Head of Business Development for Theatrics.com. This week’s first episode bow of Welcome to Sanditon, based on the unfinished novel by Jane...
View ArticleClik here to view.
After Earth Day, Who “Speaks” for Nature?
From “Planet Ocean”–human beings as just one more creature colonizing the sea. Here we are, then: at that point on the calendar known as “the rest of the year.” It’s not Earth Day any more, or even the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Memory of ‘Script Frenzy’: Some Free Resources for Writing for Media
Every April I’ve looked forward to Script Frenzy, and so it’s with some shock and dismay that I’m belatedly learning that this wonderful event was put to rest last summer. Only last year I ran a piece...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MTV’s Andrew Jenks on Storytelling, Media Literacy, Baseball’s Bobby V, and...
Jenks, at left, in his breakthrough HBO doc “Andrew Jenks, Room 335″ If you’re unfamiliar with the television work of Andrew Jenks, please read why I think it’s important, especially in terms of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book Giveaway: ‘My Adventures as a Young Filmmaker’ by Andrew Jenks
On the one hand, we have Reality TV–a phenomenon that even when it’s “good for us” cognitively à la Steven Johnson comes across as a kind of guilty pleasure. On the other, we have the world of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Transmedia in Schools and Libraries: Thoughts and Strategies from Tyler Weaver
In the first part of my conversation with Tyler Weaver we discussed the many benefits of teaching with, and making, comics as well as the role of the school librarian when it comes to transmedia… here...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Teaching Transmedia with Comics: A Conversation with Tyler Weaver
When I first heard about Tyler Weaver’s book that places comics squarely at the center of transmedia, I thought it was too good to be true (I’ve long argued for giving comics a more central role in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
4 Questions for Richard Beach about Literacy and Digital Comics Creation
I first met Professor Beach, co-author of the recent Using iPad and iPhone Apps for Learning with Literacy Across the Curriculum, when we served on the NCTE Commission on Media several years ago, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Free Media Literacy Resources from the Folks Who Just Brought You the Oscar...
No, I’m not the biggest fan of the Oscars per se... but I do love the way that they, like awards in media generally, can provide a springboard for critical thinking and insightful discourse once we go...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Comics Generators and Literacy: Edtech and Nontech Insights from Bill Zimmerman
Hope you enjoyed the conversation with Chris Wilson. In fact, by way of introduction to today’s expert in comics creation tools, you can read Mr. Wilson’s piece on the benefits of the site that my...
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