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Graphica on the Internet Itunes U App on the Ipad Graphica on the Internet iTunes U app on the iPad Overview Instructor Outline Outline continued Outline continued Question & Resources Answer Application Discussion Web Links Web Links continued Web Links continued Web Links continued Web Links continued Web Links continued Web Links continued iBooks on iTunes Store iBooks on iTunes Store continued iBooks on iTunes Store continued iPad apps on iTunes Store Graphica on the Internet iTunes U app on the iPad Question & Resources (2 pts) What graphic novels and graphic novel resources are available for high school students on the Internet? A sub question might be: What is the quality of the graphic novels and graphic novel resources on the Internet? I have enjoyed computers for their creative possibilities for years. I took my first computer science class in college in 1978. We used cardstock punch cards to enter our programming code into the mainframe computer. I earned an A+ when I was able to program the computer to beat me at MasterMind in less than 5 tries. I purchased by first personal computer in 1987, the year my 25-year old daughter was born! I have used professionally a computer ever since that time. In addition to many of the routine computer uses like writing and spreadsheets, I have experimented with creative applications like presentation tools, photography, and video. I use a LOT of technology in my teaching pedagogy. My school began an Apple 1-to-1 iPad program this year, and I LOVE it! This is what motivates me to look into what graphic novel resources are available on the Internet, especially for the iPad. In addition, I just finished a USF intercession Digital Media Learning class on Technology for Diverse Learners, and this too interested me in the issue of Internet resources for students and the possibilities to reach students with new and engaging tools and techniques. I searched the Internet, using Google search as well as searching within the iTunes Store site. I found that my searching led me down continually branching paths that were filled with interesting and exciting resources. Basically, there is a rich collection of Graphica resources on the Internet. Answer (8 points) What I found on the Internet was amazing! The Graphica books, interactive comics, videos, websites that can be accessed from a computer on the Internet are vast. If a teenager has a computer, or even a smart phone, there are graphica books from fiction to non-fiction readily available. I first dug into the Graphic Journalism resources by Dan Archer. He is amazing prolific in reporting edgy issues. Many of his graphic journalism pieces that I found on the Internet had Interactive features, which is obviously a benefit of the Internet. The Nisoor Square Shootings Iraq, 2007, included an interactive whereby you could see the shooting event from different perspectives as the event developed. Archer’s International Criminal Court, 2007, had horizontal panels giving you the basic information, and vertical scroll down panels with added detail. His latest project is documenting human trafficking in Nepal, where he is interviewing victims, drawing his panels, and uploading them to the Internet so that readers have real-time information. All these applications were highly effective in engaging the reader to delve deeply into the issues presented by Archer. Joe Sacco is the probably the most well-known of the graphic journalists, but his work has not transitioned much to the Internet. Patrick Chappette has several powerful graphic journalism projects, and Lebanon Death in the Field, film made for the International Committee of the Red Cross, 2011, was converted into a film that showed at several film festivals. Susie Cagle and Sarah Glidden are very effective with graphic journalism panels that address all sorts of topics from travel to food. They are using the medium to communicate experiences and data information in a easily accessible manner. There are numerous web sites that host graphics journalism: • Cartoon Movement: there is more than one truth • AlterNet: Graphic Journalism • The Awl • The Rumpus • The Oregonian Moving onto graphic in general, more fiction. There are many online organizations: • The Center for Cartoon Studies, Vermont • The Comics Journal • Graphic Novel Reporter • ComicMix • Online Comics.net • Graphic Novels Online: Graphic Novels for Grownups • Drawn & Quarterly • Fantagraphics Books The iBooks available on iTunes is tremendous list! I did not check resources for the Kindle or other eReaders, because I don’t have a Kindle. The resources for the iPad are very broad and very engaging, colorful, and interactive. Finally, there are PDFs, videos, newspaper reviews, How-to videos. The resources are breathtaking! Application (8 points) I am thrilled by what I have been exposed to with this research about graphic novel resources that are available for high school students on the Internet! While I believe the graphic novels are fun, exciting, engaging, vivid with their colors exploding on the high-resolution screen, and creative with the interactive features, this is not where my focus is. I will surely expose my students to the fiction reading possibilities: however, for my teaching in global studies, with a focus on justice and human rights, I will use the power of Joe Sacco, Dan Archer, Patrick Chappette to engage my students in the power of graphic journalism. The information partnered with the images is so very, very powerful! I will: • Watch some of the videos like the TEDx video on how to read a graphic novel prior to reading Palestine • Have my students read Palestine for my Israeli-Palestine unit (although this is not available on the iPad. • View Dan Archer’s Archcomnix.com page to read and experience his work on Human Trafficking. This is one of the human rights focus areas this year: my teaching & the RSCJ • Understand the power of the visual, the importance of in the moment reporting, and the power of the drawings to keep a certain amount of anonymity for the victims • After researching their human rights issue, I will have them draw a 4-panel representation of the overarching theme/issue • Share the fiction resources with my English department so they may use these resources as desired • Share the resources with my CSS: Center for Student Success to promote reading enrichment and enjoyment Discussion (2 points) • Now let’s talk! • When you look at the graphica on the iPad, what is your reaction? • What do you think the reaction would be for your high school students? • Can you imagine using any of these resources with your teen-age students? • When would you want to use the Internet version, and when would you use the hard-copy version? • Is there a down-side to using these Internet resources? • Can the use of these Internet resources motivate more creativity? more engagement? Graphica on the Internet iTunes U app on the iPad OUTLINE Graphic Journalism: online Joe Sacco Journalism From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend by Priscilla Murolo, A.B. Chitty, Joe Sacco Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco Dan Archer Dan Archer @ Archcomix.com Stanford University Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists, 2010-11 Dan Archer: Human Trafficking in Nepal, current Dan Archer: Human Trafficking in San Francisco, 2012 Dan Archer: Introduction to Graphic journalism, 2011 Dan Archer: Borderland: A comic book about human trafficking, 2010 Dan Archer: Honduran coup, 2009 Dan Archer: Nisoor Square Shootings Iraq, 2007 Dan Archer: International Criminal Court, 2007 Patrick Chappatte Patrick Chappatte: Lebanon Death in the Field, film made for the International Committee of the Red Cross, 2011 Patrick Chappatte: Berlin: Memories of the Wall Patrick Chappatte: In South Ossetia, 2009 Patrick Chappatte: South Lebanon: Death is in the Field Patrick Chappatte: Inside Gaza, 2009 Patrick Chappatte: Beijing, 2008 Patrick Chappatte: Iran, 2008 Patrick Chappatte: Japan, 2007 Patrick Chappatte: Hanoi Susie Cagle Sarah Glidden Cartoon Movement: there is more than one truth Comics Projects AlterNet The Awl The Rumpus The Oregonian Graphica: online collections The Comics Journal Graphic Novel Reporter ComicMix Online Comics.net Graphic Novels Online: Graphic Novels for Grownups Drawn & Quarterly Fantagraphics Books Graphica: online Berlin City of Stones by Jason Lutes Laika by Nick Abadzis Journey into Mohawk County by George O’Connor Deogratias by Jean-Philippe Stassen Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Maus by Art Spiegelman Sandman by Neil Gaiman Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Ghost World by Daniel Clowes Walking Dean by Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore Graphica: iBooks for the iPad Kameoka Diaries by Lars Martinson American Vampire #1 by Stephen King, Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque Batgirl #16 by Gail Simone, Ed Benes Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole Georges Django Unchained #1 by Reginald Hudlin, RM Guera, Jason Latour Dirt: The Graphic Novel by John Morello, Michael McMenemy Journalism by Joe Sacco Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley Are You Mu Mother? by Alison Bechdel Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (in Spanish) Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, Richard Isanove Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean The Adventures of Tintin: The Mystery of the Wallets by Kirsten Mayer The Adventures of Tintin: The Chapter Book by Stephanie Peters The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturns by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III My Pet Human by Harry Pujols Batman: The Dark Knight: Golden Dawn by David Finch, Jason Fabok, Art Spiegelman’s Private Museum by Art Spiegelman Marvel: Preview Edition by Mark Millar (special b/w to color features!) Gen 1 by Shige Nakamura Between the Panels: An inside look at the making of eleven exciting new graphic novels The Avengers Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita, Jr. The Avengers: Disassembled by Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch Avengers Prime by Brian Michael Bendis The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore The Batman Files by Matthew Manning From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend by Priscilla Murolo, A.B.
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