Comics in the classroom

M. Inge Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service.

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution c1989

LB 1044.9 .C59 I544x 1989

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Comics as an educational tool : laugh & learn with some favorite cartoon characters

Vicki Cooper and Carolyn Bradfield

U.S. : Pawprints ; Mobile, Ala. : distributed by Berkley/Small 1981

LB 1044.9 .C59 C66x

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Cartoons and comics in the classroom : a reference for teachers and librarians

James L. Thomas

Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, Inc. 1983

LB 1044.9 .C59 C37 1982

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Adventures in graphica : using comics and graphic novels to teach comprehension, 2-6

Terry Thompson

Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers c2008

LB 1044.9 .C59 T48 2008

http://youtu.be/OiyjhdTRiwo

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Open Education; Electronic Publishing;  Textbook Publication;  Access to Information

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OPEN access publishing; ELECTRONIC publishing; TEXTBOOKS

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http://opensource.com/education

— Eric Hoffer

Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself.

— Louis L’Amour

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Language Resource Centers is a gateway to 15 centers that support foreign language instruction. Led by nationally and internationally recognized language professionals, the centers create language-learning materials, offer professional development workshops, and conduct research. Some centers concentrate on specific language areas; others focus on foreign languages in general. (Department of Education)

http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1966

Children’s Literature: Digitized Print Materials provides 50 digitized texts of rare books: The Arabian Nights, A Child’s Garden of Verses, Ballad of the Lost Hare, A Christmas Carol, Humpty Dumpty, The Grasshopper Stories, Mother Goose Finger Plays, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Rocket Book, The Secret Garden, Stories from Hans Andersen, The Three Bears, Three Little Pigs, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and others. (Library of Congress)

http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1961

Math:

Statistics Online Computational Resource provides online aids for probability and statistics education, technology-based instruction, and statistical computing. It includes interactive graphs and calculators for showing distributions, computer-generated analogs of experiments and popular games, web tools for statistical data analysis, simulations of real-life processes, modeling tools, a wiki, technology-based continuing statistics education, and more.

(UCLA, Multiple Agencies)

http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1960

Science

Understanding Alcohol: Investigations into Biology and Behavior provides simulations, videos, and lessons on the pharmacokinetics of alcohol, the biological and behavioral effects of alcohol, youth and alcohol, the consequences of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Lessons focus on body type and a person’s response to alcohol, factors that influence alcohol use and abuse, calculation of blood alcohol concentrations, and more. Discover how different doses affect the activity of mice. Experience a simulation of driving while intoxicated.

(National Institutes of Health)

http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1965

Art:

J.M.W. Turner features nine paintings by English Romantic landscape artist William Turner (1775-1851). The leading British artist of his era, Turner transformed the genre of landscape painting. He was known as “the painter of light” because of his startling use of light and color. Over six decades, he produced more than 20,000 oils, watercolors, and drawings. He achieved success throughout his career, inspired generations of artists, and is considered a predecessor of the impressionists. (National Gallery of Art)

http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1967

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