SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE
SLJ Blog Network +
  • 100 Scope Notes
  • A Fuse #8 Production
  • Good Comics for Kids
  • Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog
  • Teen Librarian Toolbox
  • The Classroom Bookshelf
  • The Yarn
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • About/Contact
  • Previews
  • Reviews
  • Manga
  • All Ages
  • Young Adult
  • Interviews
  • News

December 2, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

Links: An app for the teacher

December 2, 2009 by Brigid Alverson   Leave a Comment

0
false

18 pt
18 pt
0
0

false
false
false

/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:””;
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:”Times New Roman”;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}

Eric Federspiel has a very interesting post on the use of iPod Touches as comics readers in the classroom. While adult readers may bemoan the way a comic is chopped into panels to be read that way, losing the composition of the entire page, it seems to be a plus for his seventh-graders:

SCROLL TO KEEP READING THIS POST

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Viewing one panel at a time, my students do not need to focus their attention on decoding the organization of multiple images on one page. Instead, they can focus on the simple relationships between text and images within each panel.

He also writes about an app for creating comics on the iPod Touch. And speaking of that, I reviewed two all-ages comics on the iPod Touch, Where Grows the Bitter Herb and Turtle Guitar, at Robot 6.

Eric also posts this week’s crop of kid-friendly comics at his home blog, Out from the Comics Shop.

Meanwhile, Christopher Butcher posts more thoughts and opinions on kids’ comics and comics retailing at Comics212.

The Texas Library Association’s Young Adult Round Table has just released an annotated list of suggested graphic novels for teens. (Via Graphic Novel Reporter.)

Jay Piscopo will release a new Commander X comic as a free download on his website beginning on December 15.

The Archie folks continue to do some interesting things with their stable of characters, including having Archie return to the real world and adjust to having been married to both Betty and Veronica. Read all about it in the latest Archie News post.

Kazu Kibuishi gives us a sneak peek at his works in progress, the advance copies of Copper and the stack of pages for vol. 3 of Amulet. Copper has already been named a Junior Library Guild Selection for fall 2009, and Kazu is also pleased that Amulet showed up as a book teens were eager to see in this Booklist article.

Reviews

Greg McElhatton on vol. 3 of Beanworld (Read About Comics)
Tom Mason on The Marvelous Land of Oz (Comix 411)
Tangognat on vols. 10 and 11 of Swan (Tangognat)
Henry Chamberlain on Thoreau at Walden (Blog@Newsarama)
Sterg Botzakis on T-Minus: The Race to the Moon (Graphic Novel Resources)

Filed under: Uncategorized

SHARE:

Read or Leave Comments

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor and a newspaper reporter; now she is assistant to the mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts. In addition to editing GC4K, she writes about comics and graphic novels at MangaBlog, SLJTeen, Publishers Weekly Comics World, Comic Book Resources, MTV Geek, and Good E-Reader.com. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters in college, which is why she writes so much. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Posts

December 2022

Two Gardening Books to Read Now | Reviews

by Brigid Alverson

November 2022

Animal Rescue Friends | Review

by Brigid Alverson

October 2022

Review: Parachute Kids

by Brigid Alverson

June 2022

Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #331 | Preview

by Brigid Alverson

June 2022

Comics News from Star Wars Celebration Anaheim | Incoming

by Brigid Alverson

ADVERTISEMENT

SLJ Blog Network

100 Scope Notes

A Book 25 Years in the Making: Marla Frazee Visits The Yarn Podcast

by Travis Jonker

A Fuse #8 Production

Jump Into this Guest Post by Shadra Strickland About Her Latest Book: Jump In!

by Betsy Bird

Good Comics for Kids

The Archie Encyclopedia | Review

by J. Caleb Mozzocco

Heavy Medal

What’s Coming in 2023, A Feedback Poll, and Goodbye for Now…

by Steven Engelfried

Teen Librarian Toolbox

A Coming of Age Quartet, a guest post by Krystal Marquis

by Amanda MacGregor

The Classroom Bookshelf

The Classroom Bookshelf is Moving

by Erika Thulin Dawes

The Yarn

A Book 25 Years in the Making: Marla Frazee Visits The Yarn

by Travis Jonker

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Articles on SLJ

Picturing Historical Japan: Shonen and shoujo manga bring the country’s past eras to life

Seven Titles with Censorship Themes

Reviews and Coverage of the 2021 Eisner Award Nominations

PEN America and Trust Project Release Newsroom Transparency Tracker | News Bites

10 Graphic Biographies Bring Notable Figures to Life | Stellar Panels

Commenting for all posts is disabled after 30 days.

ADVERTISEMENT

Archives

Follow This Blog

Enter your email address below to receive notifications of new blog posts by email.

This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

Primary Sidebar

  • News & Features
  • Reviews+
  • Technology
  • School Libraries
  • Public Libraries
  • Age Level
  • Ideas
  • Blogs
  • Classroom
  • Diversity
  • People
  • Job Zone

Reviews+

  • Book Lists
  • Best Books
  • Media
  • Reference
  • Series Made Simple
  • Tech
  • Review for SLJ
  • Review Submissions

SLJ Blog Network

  • 100 Scope Notes
  • A Fuse #8 Production
  • Good Comics for Kids
  • Heavy Medal
  • Neverending Search
  • Teen Librarian Toolbox
  • The Classroom Bookshelf
  • The Yarn

Resources

  • 2022 Youth Media Awards
  • The Newbery at 100: SLJ Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Award
  • Special Report | School Libraries 2021
  • Summer Reading 2021
  • Series Made Simple Spring 2021
  • SLJ Diverse Books Survey
  • Summer Programming Survey
  • Research
  • White Papers / Case Studies
  • School Librarian of the Year
  • Mathical Book Prize Collection Development Awards
  • Librarian/Teacher Collaboration Award

Events & PD

  • In-Person Events
  • Online Courses
  • Virtual Events
  • Webcasts
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Media Inquiries
  • Newsletter Sign Up
  • Content Submissions
  • Data Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Terms of Sale
  • FAQs
  • Diversity Policy
  • Careers at MSI


COPYRIGHT © 2023


COPYRIGHT © 2023