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ERIC Number: EJ976160
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1094-9046
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These Aren't Your Father's Funny Papers: The New World of Digital Graphic Novels
Moorefield-Lang, Heather; Gavigan, Karen
Knowledge Quest, v40 n3 p30-34 Jan-Feb 2012
Due to the development of new 21st-century technologies, the world of children's and young adult literature is continually changing. For example, one of the fastest-growing multimodal formats that today's visually literate youth embrace is the digital graphic novel. Digital graphic novels are graphic novels produced on and/or accessed on some form of digital device, including computers, mobile devices, and e-readers. Digital graphic novels provide new ways for students to experience reading, and/or learn new content, using the comic format. Through the use of multiple resources, such as digital graphic novels, school librarians and teachers can strengthen their lessons by teaching literacy skills, such as comparing and contrasting. Using digital graphic novels also enables educators to allow for differentiated instruction. Therefore, it is important for school librarians to learn how digital graphic novels use image and text in multiple ways to produce meaning for children and teens. School librarians must also become knowledgeable about equipment and licensing issues pertaining to digital graphic novels. Then, by sharing their knowledge regarding digital graphic novels with fellow educators, school librarians can further establish themselves as technology leaders in their schools. Last, but not least, adding free digital graphic novels to their repertoire of digital resources can help school librarians expand their library collections during tough economic times.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Media Staff
Language: English
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