Neit2009+Open+Space+3+M

Open Space3 - M -Conference House Rose Room

Librarian introducing graphic novels to the faculty, inspired some faculty to think about how to incorporate them into their classrooms

Giurissa teaches Middle and Upper School Spanish. Picaresque genre seemed to fit well with the idea of a comic or graphic format

- using Notebook software

-Comic Life, this worked really well for Josh in his 6th grade Latin class. They had to interpret and story board a myth, and take pictures, edit them in Photoshop, import into comic life. Groups of 2-4.

- database of clipart characters, website that help you create simple three panel comics

-multiple people working on the same scene, or moment, to see how different people interpret the same thing so differently

-discussion groups, and students presenting their work to each other (and to the faculty?) is essential to this project, especially since there is a certain amount of PR necessary in convincing

-blogs, discussion forums, tracing the journey of the students = proof of the value added for this type of project

- pen and paper for actual project, the reflection and the journey can be digital

Reading list:

Shaun Tan Stiches by David Small - Adult or High School The Plain Janes - middle school girls Toon Books - Lower school Baby Mouse for Lower School Bone The Photographer Latika AD After the Deluge - Adult or High School Wizard of Oz adaptation from Marvel Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud Drawing Words and Writing Pictures http://jessicaabel.com/learning_comics/index.php?s=dwwp Lynda Barry __What It Is__ []

Diamond Bookshelf newsletter, a monthly best of comics lists [] [|www.noflyingnotights.com]

Here are the picaresque images that Giurissa found inspiring for graphic adaptation: