History of language learning though comics in primary and secondary education. Tips and real examples of how to use them in the classroom. Mainly digital comics. ECIS presentation (Amsterdam, November 2013).
26. Benefits of using comics in education
1) A great visual representation of knowledge.
2) Easy to remember.
3) Enrich reading writing and thinking.
4) Perfect avenue for writing dialogue.
5) Incite students with low interest in writing.
6) Help organization through storytelling and storyboarding.
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7) Using visual images convey meaning to a story or topic
8) Sequencing promotes understanding
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34. In comics, complex material is represented in
ways that reduce the cognitive demand of
reading dense text while sophisticated
concepts are portrayed.
35. How can we use online
comics in the classroom?
36. Benefits of using comics in education
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1. Sreen capture of your games and create a comic
research assignment.
2. Write an interview.
3. Convert a story novel or poem.
4. Write an original story.
5. A current affairs item.
6. Reflection tool: excursion or class lesson.
7. About me.
8. Revision. Using vocabulary learned.
9. Bring song lyrics or poems to life.
10. Historical event-timeline.
11. Biographies.
12. A travel guide.
13. Tell weather stories.
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15. Show an invention and how it has affected
people.
16. Change an endling to a story.
17. Write about a discovery.
18. Share the cultural background of your family.
19. Make me laugh...
20. Make me feel...
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