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Comics in the Classroom: 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teachers | Teaching Degree.org
Gone are the days of children sneaking comics past diligent parents and teachers watching out for sub-par literature. The comics of today not only have plenty to offer, they are gaining well-deserved recognition and awards. Take advantage of the natural affinity children have for comics and use them as a powerful teaching tool in your classroom. The following tips, tools, and resources will get you started.
Presentation Zen: Learning from the art of comics
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many fundamental concepts and techniques that will surely help you think differently about the power of visual communication and the art of combining words and images. This book is not just for fans of comics — not by a long shot.
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Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration
Explore the power of pictures through these examples from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries’ collections in science, history, and art.
Comicbrush
Rather than drawing a comic from scratch, Comicbrush lets you mix stock artwork from our fun collection of comic backgrounds, characters and props with photos of your friends, neighborhood or college.You can add speech balloons, text, your own artwork and more, before publishing your comic to the Web, social networking sites like Flickr, Facebook and MySpace, or a friend's iPhone/Touch.
click! Photography Changes Everything
Organized by the Smithsonian Photography Initiative (SPI) as a series of integrated programs, click! photography changes everything invites the public to consider ways in which photography enables us to see, experience, and interact with the world.
32 Places to Find Images for Use Online
Part of being a good writer is understanding the impact images have in your work. What you write should be supported and enhanced through your choice of imagery.
IFMSA mirror of Explore Science
Welcome to the first shocked science lab on the WWW (growing since December 1995). This site will let both students and teachers interact with material on the web, rather than just reading text. In order to use this site you must have the Macromedia Shockwave Plug-in (used with Netscape 2.0+ or greater).
Graphic Organizers
Help your students children classify ideas and communicate more effectively. Use graphic organizers to structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming. Select a Graphic Organizer from the following list of links.
100 Awesome Classroom Videos to Learn New Teaching Techniques | Smart Teaching
...Whether you are a new teacher storing up tips and tricks or an experienced teacher who could just use a fresh perspective, you are sure to find something helpful among these videos....
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