Guest Post by Ryan Goble… Uncommon Literacies: Teaching ‘This American Life’ (2)
X-Men/This American Life Cross-Over; Poster available at http://store.thisamericanlife.org [Ryan Goble continues his guest post after first having made the case both for listening skills as a...
View Article“Convergence,” DIY Transmedia, and Librarians
(photo courtesy of the Film Society of Lincoln Center) Over the weekend I attended Convergence, the conference on immersive storytelling presented under the auspices of the New York Film Festival, and...
View ArticleComics Creation & Critical Thinking: From Doctor Who to Bitstrips
Like so many insights in life, this one was prompted by Doctor Who. To be specific, in early 2011 I wrote a couple of photonovels based upon S5 episodes—oh, and what episodes they were. Anyway, I...
View ArticleComics Creation Tools: Thoughts From ‘The Graphic Classroom’
First off, thanks for checking out the first post in this series, in which I launched things by reflecting on my experience scripting Doctor Who photonovels. (And if you haven’t read it, here you go.)...
View ArticleComics 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 ArticleFree 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 Article4 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 ArticleTeaching 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 ArticleTransmedia 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 ArticleBook 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 ArticleMTV’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 ArticleIn 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 ArticleAfter 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 ArticleJane 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 ArticleComics 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 ArticleFree 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 Article4 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 ArticleTeaching 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 ArticleTransmedia 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 ArticleBook 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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