Teaching Visual Literacy in the Primary Classroom: Comic Books, Film, Television and Picture Narrati

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    • Publishers have been doing their part to support graphic novels in the educational realm. They need to focus on things like age levels to help buyers. Volin lauds publishers for upping production values over the years. Do comics have a place in that? Publishers, librarians, educators, and author-illustrators all believe graphic novels are here to stay. For kids today, graphic novels are not a newfangled thing, or something you read to rebel against your parents.

    These kids have never known a world without graphic novels. We were doing it because we loved it. It has been rewarding to see the rest of the world catch up.

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    Meyer Teachers College Press, Here is a list of major journals; reviews also appear in many of the Online Resources listed below. Many graphic novel publishers provide free-of-charge online tools and resources for teachers and librarians on their websites, including educator guides and activities. Comics in Education by Gene Luen Yang.

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    Free Comic Book Day. On the first Saturday in May each year May 7, , indie comic book specialty stores give away free comic books to customers who come into their shops. Star Wars Reads , a month-long celebration of Star Wars and reading will mark its fifth year in October.

    Activity kits and posters are free to download at the Star Wars website. We can then grab them and show them the graphic novel collection. The list of movies and TV shows inspired by comic books and graphic novels is long. Larsen notes that Nickelodeon recently ceased publication, but that Papercutz is creating a new publication that it will send out libraries when all current Nickelodeon stock is depleted.

    To subscribe, click here. Simply close and relaunch your preferred browser to log-in. If you have questions or need assistance setting up your account please email pw pubservice. New York Rights Fair. Graphic Novels Surge in the Educational Market. Books of the Week. If you aren't already using visual aids, this resource offers some exciting and engaging lesson plans and a great place to start.

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    Tim Stafford obviously knows his subject and from this has created an insightful book that offers alternative methods to teaching literature. Further Ideas and Resources 2. Further Ideas and Resources 3. Further Ideas and Resources 4. Further Ideas and Resources 5. Further Ideas and Resources 6. Further Ideas and Resources Glossary Bibliography.

    Tim Stafford is a lecturer, writer and teacher. Learners connect with others in the classroom as well as in society outside of the classroom: Incorporating digital technology in the classroom, in all curricular areas, engages learners, promotes authentic knowledge building, and develops visual literacy skills. The ways of using digital technologies in this way are multifarious and limited only by the educator's resourcefulness. However, lack of hardware, software and teacher familiarity with digital technologies may hamper widespread efforts.

    More access and opportunities for teacher training are needed to increase teachers' confidence and creativity to use these technologies in their classes. Many educators are creating multimedia presentations filled with informative visuals to communicate concepts and ideas to contemporary students with various learning styles.

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    Andre Harrison in the article Power up! Stimulating your students with PowerPoint , writes "because of [PowerPoint's] visual versatility, slides can display information in a way that grabs today's highly visual learners. Designers can use color, sound, and movement to capture students' attention PowerPoint also can help address other learning styles, such as auditory, visual kinetic, and manipulative" Harrison Many educators are integrating visual aids in their lessons to enhance student comprehension of materials.

    Visual aids are commonly used in subjects such as math.

    The use of symbols, for instance, to teach abstract ideas and concepts is a basic form of visual learning. Learners undergo visual learning processes such as understanding symbolic ways of representing ideas when reading and analyzing symbols. Furthermore, visuals are commonly used in math to explain concepts such as size relationships, order, percentage and when comparing quantities.

    Without visual aids such as the image below it would be difficult for educators to explain the difference between big and biggest and challenging for young learners to understand the concept and relationship of size. Many research studies indicate when visuals were integrated into lessons students demonstrated a better understanding of the concepts and ideas taught. The results suggest that the multimedia summary that contained more visuals than text is more effective because students with limited prior knowledge of the topic demonstrated a better understanding Mayer et.

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    Additionally, classroom activities that are based on visual literacy skills lend themselves to creating constructivist learning environments, which can be highly effective in helping students develop an authentic body of knowledge. For example, one study explored the effect of teaching teachers how to incorporate clay animation using iMovie in their classes, which were not ICT or visual arts based e. Students and teachers worked in teams to research their subject, write the script, sculpt characters, create sets, film and edit their videos.

    Through these experiences, the students gained curriculum knowledge, developed their creativity and broadened their real life problem-solving and decision-making skills. Chun outlines the PISA report, which surveyed the teens of 43 countries.

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    Educators with marginalized students, with limited access to resources, can nurture a love of reading to eliminate these socioeconomic barriers to success. Moreover, increasing student engagement in reading provides a gateway into social groups and networks in the classroom, community, and world through book clubs, blogs, chat groups, and other online activities Chun, Visual literacy is the reading of text and images in conjunction, and requires traditional reading skills as well as ability to read frames, gutters, speech bubbles, and other graphic novel features Monnin, Graphic novels provide the ideal vehicle for both print and visual literacy skill to be developed in the classroom Gillenwater, Griffith summarizes prior research regarding the effectiveness of graphic novels as an educational tool.

    Graphic novels support vocabulary development, language learning, motivation to read, and reading comprehension through effective combination of print and visual literacy in a mutually complimentary manner. Because graphic novel text does not describe what is happening in the illustrations, it demands a sophisticated level of literacy from the reader Gillenwater, Dialogue and complex literary elements such as symbolism, imagery, and theme are woven between the text and images presented on the graphic novel page; the reader must synthesize these elements to understand the story being told.

    Readers are drawn into the graphic novel narrative through their own complex visual and print language that requires readers to use imagination and inference.

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    Students incorporate text, pictures, facial expressions, panel progression, color, and sound effects to find meaning. Graphic novels are one example of sequential art, and are considered effective means of engaging reluctant readers and inspiring motivated readers Carter, K-8 Visual provides a wealth of tools for how to incorporate visual literacies into all areas of the curriculum. These are just some of the possibilities:. K-8 Visual provides the following applications of various visual literacies:. According to Monnin , students must activate reading strategies to comprehend graphic novel text with efficiency and fluency.

    Reading and writing graphic novels can motivate struggling and reluctant readers, support multimodal learning, and foster 21st century learning.

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    It is fundamental that youth develop multimodal literacies, as they are exposed to them on a daily basis. Research shows that students experience greater success when they interact with a wide range of texts, and graphic novels offer a way to encourage multiliteracy skills. Visual literacy is becoming more and more important, as visual communication is considered to be more powerful than words.

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    These kids have never known a world without graphic novels. Theory, methods, and media. The social interpretation of language and meaning. State University of New York Press. Art and the brain.

    Graphic novels and comic books support this shift from traditional text. It is reminiscent of screenplays and film. Carter suggests that educators think beyond just encouraging the reading of graphic novels. Instead, students need to be planning, writing, and illustrating graphic novels as authentic writing activities. Students hone writing skill and create stories that connect to life experiences and relevant social issues.

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    Visual and spatial learners learn best from materials with a visual element; in addition to graphic novels, educators need to include graphic organizers, picture books, graphic notes, and mind mapping Kluth, Computer software and web 2. Many multimedia resources are available online for students and teachers. These are just some of the possibilities at your fingertips:. Comic Master Web 2. Make Beliefs Comix Online graphic novel creator for students of all ages.