Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Third Graders Publish Their Own Comics

My friend and fellow educator, Scott Tingley, has helped his third graders set up their own website (Riverside Reads) to publish their works of art and literature, including comics. It’s a great idea, of course, and teachers across the world are embracing technology as a way to engage children and teens in their own education. Some drivel about students taking ownership of their education. Image!

The coolest part is that the students will be focusing on creating their own, original pieces of art and literature, including comic literature, as well as reviewing current titles. I love it and cannot wait to rip it for my future classroom. It is an accepted practice among teachers to beg, borrow and steal from one another in order to secure the proper education of our youth. I am currently working on my eMINTS certification, which allows me to teach technology-based elementary classrooms.

In his funding application, Tingley wrote:

“Differentiation is the cornerstone of positive interventions for all students. Literacy skills will be improved by participation in writing and publishing projects - a class web page in which books, comics, stories and book reviews generated by students will be published, thus adding authenticity to the writing, as well as excitement. A unit creating graphic novels will enhance publication. Students will exchange graphic novels with students around the world, highlighting their community, their province and themselves.” (Tingley teaches in Canada.)

Fat Jack will be keeping an eye on this project. Keep writing and publish those comics, kids.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just ran across your blog today-always looking for another elementary blogger..and emints teacher:) I hope you love eMINTS as much as I do...anyway I am posting this here because my friend and fellow eMINTS teacher just created a webquest that includes making comics, and ties it into the great read aloud book and Mark Twain nominee "Lunch Money" Thought you might like to see it.
http://www.branson.k12.mo.us/school_links/elementary/sheets/webquest/webquestlunchindex.htm

admin said...

Thanks Vejraska.

Check out this great guy who uses comics in the classroom.

http://www.graphicclassroom.blogspot.com

I'll be sure to forward this info to him.