Comic Books: A Pathway to Learning with cartoonist and educator Jerzy Drozd (January 25th)
Please join the Transnational Comics Studi es Workshop on Wednesday, January 25th from 2:30-4pm in the 3rd floor Conference Room of the MLB ( Room 3308) for a presentation on using comics in the classroom by cartoonist and educator Jerzy Drozd. Comic Books: A Pathway to Learning As teachers find a variety of uses for comics, graphic novels and manga in the classroom, they need to understand the complex thinking and deep skills required to both read and create them. In this workshop, work with cartoonist Jerzy Drozd to explore the convergence of literary and artistic disciplines inherent in comics and see how comics can be a powerful way to build reading comprehension skills, such as prediction, inference, and fluency. Copies of Drodz 64-page teaching kit will be distributed at the event. It contains example lesson plans for par...