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Teaching With Comics and Pop Culture

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, 118B

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Tim Smyth
Educator
Wissahickon School District
@historycomics
@historycomics
Tim Smyth is a HS social studies educator who travels the country giving professional development on teaching with comics. Smyth has been a part of a global online comics in education program through the US State Department, uniting students through pop culture. He has been published by many outlets sharing his experiences in the classroom and also shares many of his resources on TeachingWithComics.com. In July 0f 2022, his first book was published, Teaching With Comics and Graphic Novels. Smyth has also facilitated coursework through the University of Pennsylvania Graduate Studies program, using his book as the core text.

Session description

Comics serve as powerful tools for student engagement and literacy for all. This session will showcase tested lesson plans that can be used in class the next day, with tips on resources, representation, online teacher communities, digital comics-making tools and more to help win over parents and administrators.

Purpose & objective

*Visual literacy -teachers will be able to introduce the topic in comics and social media
*The importance of students as creators - using comics making tools such as Pixton
*I will share specific lesson plans I have used in my classroom, such as creating modern fairytales to describe modern issues and global culture.
*The evidence will be shared through student creation and shared experiences from my own classroom

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Outline

The presentation will be broken down into -
*Why comics for me and my family - the importance of teacher passion and sharing our experiences online through social media, blogging, etc.
*A background of what comics actually are and their role in our global history
*Comics as literature and literacy - 21st century online reading skills
*Comics as history and artifact
*Comics as representation
*Cross-curricular lesson ideas in STEAM
*Comics making
*Continuing the conversation in online communities

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Supporting research

I am a published author on the topic
*Teaching With Comics and Graphic Novels - my book from Routledge
*PBS - multiple articles, such as https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/tim-smyth
*Published curriculum from Scholastic, MacMillan, and others
*Recognized national expert who gives professional development K-12 and on the university level
*Wrote a Masters thesis on teaching with comics from Gwynedd Mercy University

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Session specifications

Topic:
Instructional design & delivery
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Principals/head teachers, Professional developers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Subject area:
Language arts, Social studies
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Learner
  • Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.
Leader
  • Model for colleagues the identification, exploration, evaluation, curation and adoption of new digital resources and tools for learning.
Citizen
  • Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.

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