Story Men - August 1, 2013
Christy Blanch and Teaching with Comics
From Series: "StoryMen Season 2"
More guests! Tougher topics! More monsters! The StoryMen are back and better than ever!
Gene Luen Yang returns to the StoryMen to tell us about his groundbreaking run on Superman! How do you go about telling a new story about an 80-year old character? And how is Superman an immigration story? Plus: Gene explains his amazing new role as the Ambassador of Young People’s Literature for the Library of Congress.
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CloseChristy 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
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