(TP9) Comics and New Literacy: Exploring Classroom Innovations

Room 302 - Education

Friday June 30, 2017 - 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm


This panel of educators and industry professionals will explore the ever-changing climate of literacy and its connection to the graphic novel/comics classroom. As comics have begun to play a bigger role in classrooms around the country, educators have been able to explore more creative ways to use comics to engage students. This panel will explore and discuss the amazing ways in which comics have been utilized to expand student literacy including multiple ways in which to build vocabulary, use graphic novels to bridge difficult texts (such as Shakespeare), and engage reluctant students as both readers and writers.  The panel will also discuss and predict the future for comics in the classroom.


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