Early October 2011
So, it’s finally fall. Have you settled into the school routine yet? Had time to personalize your notebooks and binders? One of our staffers told us that her favorite accessories were always decorative key chains for her backpack. She had about 500. My sons have carabiners hanging from theirs.
Early October 2011
So, it’s finally fall. Have your kids settled into their school routine yet? Have they had time to personalize their notebooks and binders? One of our staffers told us that her favorite accessories were always decorative key chains for her backpack. She had about 500. My sons have carabiners hanging from theirs. Whatever your kids go for, just remember: It's only a phase.
Writing this monthly teacher feature has broadened my understanding about the variety of comics instruction that exist for students of all ages across America. Whether it be a K–12 curriculum, after-school program, study-abroad, or community enrichment, comics education is spreading its tentacles in a lot of directions. John Isaacson is doing his part to spread the appreciation for comics as a powerful medium of storytelling out in Portland, Oregon. I visited John’s website and blog after having received an email from the teacher-cartoonist, who wrote to me about his comics and education experiences as an instructor for a grade k–5 after-school program, in a pre-K–5 summer camp, and through Writers in the Schools (WITS), a nonprofit that places professional writers in high school classes.
There's a much more detailed and informative writeup of this news in Heidi MacDonald's Publishers Weekly article, but the quick news is that DC Comics is offering 100 graphic novels for sale exclusively on the new Kindle Fire, which was announced this week.
