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The popularity of books such as The Physics of Star Trek is making lecturers and teachers consider a new way of teaching science - through blockbuster movies. Science fiction movies are well known for breaking physical laws, and although Scotty, the chief engineer on Star Trek, frequently protested that he "could not break the laws of physics", the spaceship itself frequently did. This has not stopped books that explain the physics behind the series becoming extremely popular. Via GDBrin Delete the scoop?
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From Warren Ellis' talk - 4 years old, but always delightful and relevant and heartening - "When done right, comics are a cognitive whetstone..." Delete the scoop?
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Visual language: Exploring structure, usage, and production of the linguistic structure of "comics." Delete the scoop?
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"Almost any issue, idea or fact can be expressed with comics. It is a flexible, attention-grabbing and inexpensive medium, and a powerful tool in communication." Delete the scoop?
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If we can learn about the ancient Romans by studying their drinking songs, surely we can learn something about ourselves by studying our TV shows.
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I would like to read #11 immediately. Delete the scoop?
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Check out our newest podcast - and more to follow from our recent visit to the Alaska Society for Technology in Education conference! Delete the scoop?
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Great starting point for writing instructors interested in using comics. Delete the scoop?
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While preparing my nearly-monthly update to my personal blog, I noticed that Wiley has made my Superman and Philosophy chapter, "Moral Judgment: The Power That Makes Superman Human," available for free at its website. Delete the scoop?
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UMass Professor Copper Giloth assigns her students the task of illustrating Aesop's fables in both traditional and modern retellings. Some students are animating the retellings with Flash. Delete the scoop?
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Interact with online demo of Macbeth - very groovy idea Delete the scoop?
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Find poems, poets, poetry news, articles, and book reviews. Browse for poems by Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks, Billy Collins, Maya Angelou, John Keats, or search through 100 years of Poetry magazine in the archive.
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...comic book artists take into account the way words appear on the page to a degree poets will find familiar... Delete the scoop?
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NORMAN — A recent study from the University of Oklahoma shows that graphic novels may improve memory and be more effective in teaching students than a traditional textbook. Delete the scoop?
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Are comics serious literature?
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I guess? Yes, is what he's saying? Delete the scoop?
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Launching our fourth issue of the AvatarGeneration iPad magazine, we focus on using popular culture in education, and give our readers hints, tips and links to the most innovative popular cultural resources on the web for teachers.
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An iPad magazine about the very thing. (This Scoop.it page is not affiliated with the magazine.) Delete the scoop?
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Digital Comic Museum For Download
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Download Golden Age comics for free, also participate in discussion forum with like-minded folk. Delete the scoop?
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Comics Association of Professionals and Educators - CAPE! Delete the scoop?
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What would superheroes and movie characters look like if they were around during the Ottoman Empire? Artist, Berk Senturk, gives us a pretty good idea. Delete the scoop?
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More from Losh and Alexander on teaching writing using comics. Delete the scoop?
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Beautiful graphic novel, created using Opertoonity. Delete the scoop?
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Resources for using comics as teaching tools, but also as tools that students themselves may use to augment and, occasionally, replace the traditional essay. Delete the scoop?
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Columnist Anastasia Betts of Graphic Novels 101 looks at the use of comics in the classroom, and shares her experience as an educator helping teachers embrace sequential art as a teaching tool. Sha...
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As we were traversing the interwebs, we came across an amazing article courtesy of The Comics Observer and educator Anastasia Betts about the use of contro... Delete the scoop?
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Lesson plans for some graphic novels