Rationale
In a world of ever-increasing visual media, graphic novels and comics have become a popular form of text within a wide range of academic disciplines. This course will explore the theory, research, and practice behind reading and writing sequential art narratives and the pedagogical strategies associated with effectively using them to teach a wide variety of content across the academic disciplines of visual art, literature, social studies, and STEM (science/technology/engineering/math). Participants will read a variety of graphic novels and comics (both fiction and nonfiction), craft their own short sequential art text, and instructional activities for classroom implementation within a particular academic discipline. Participants will have considerable autonomy throughout the course in choosing texts and topics that align to their own academic disciplines and professional goals/interests.
Goals
1. To define, understand and apply the design principles and elements, including the photography basics of composition to comics’ project
2. To understand and apply the content specific material with the integration of photography through the application of one of the following technologies: www.makebeliefscomix.com, Adobe Illustrator or PowerPoint
2. To understand and apply the content specific material with the integration of photography through the application of one of the following technologies: www.makebeliefscomix.com, Adobe Illustrator or PowerPoint
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify design principles and elements by analyzing and evaluating a wide variety of comics and graphic novels. (Aligned to Goal 1#)
- Incorporate photography basics of composition by practicing application using various technologies. (Aligned to Goal 1#)
- Understand the theories/principles of literacy related to sequential narrative texts. (Aligned to Goal 2#)
- Compose an original sequential narrative text related to an academic discipline of expertise. (Aligned to Goal 2#)
- Collaborate with educators from other academic content areas to foster interdisciplinary learning connections through sequential narrative texts. (Aligned to Goal 2#)