Christy Blanch, professor of the SUPERMooc talks how she’s innovating in the classroom using popculture and comics, plus what it’s like to write for Thrillbent!
In this Episode:
0:00 – Where’s Matt?
4:00 – Meet Christy Blanch
10:00 – Using Comics to Teach
23:00 – The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood
38:00 – SuperMOOC: Teaching with Comics in the Digital World
47:00 – Teaching Gender with Comics
Author Tex Thompson tells us about her Wild West fantasy series Children of the Drought. How does an author write multiple races responsibly, and how to employ magic users while avoiding the "magical native" trope.