Today I read an interesting article in one of my favorite educational magazines, Edutopia. Edutopia was started years ago by man you might know...George Lucas. His goal was to create a multimedia library of videos and case studies depicting effective teaching strategies. One of stories I came across today was the story of Mr. Yang.
Mr. Gene Yang is a math teacher in Oakland, California. His Masters in Education project focused on the use of Comics to help students learn math. His website: Comics in Education, states his strong opinion (and more than one fact) about the benefits of using comics to engage students in learning. Of course, using Comics and comic-like characters is not a new concept - we've seen it before. Think BrainPop.
I'm adding another resource to my list...another creative way to engage that hard to reach student in a new learning experience.
Museum
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (NY)
webSite
Comics in Education (some dead links but overall good set)
Lessons
Diamond Comics
Thinkfinity: Comics
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