Comments for Reading With Pictures http://readingwithpictures.org We Get Comics Into Schools and Get Schools Into Comics. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:51:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Busy Elves (2009 to RWP 2.0) by Jenny Lee http://readingwithpictures.org/2011/12/11/138/#comment-65 Jenny Lee Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:51:27 +0000 http://readingwithpictures.org/?p=138#comment-65 Hi RwP! A recent fan of graphic memoirs (I've chronicled it in a post: http://yijihae.com/2011/12/18/the-graphic-memoir-the-rise-of-the-new-hero/), I've been following your organization for a while and am thrilled to see it grow. I'd love to be a part of it in some way -- I'm interested in compiling a comprehensive list of graphic memoirs at some point, and maybe an accompanying bibliography. Anyway, just wanted to say hello and to show my support for what you do! Hi RwP! A recent fan of graphic memoirs (I’ve chronicled it in a post: http://yijihae.com/2011/12/18/the-graphic-memoir-the-rise-of-the-new-hero/), I’ve been following your organization for a while and am thrilled to see it grow. I’d love to be a part of it in some way — I’m interested in compiling a comprehensive list of graphic memoirs at some point, and maybe an accompanying bibliography. Anyway, just wanted to say hello and to show my support for what you do!

]]> Comment on Reading with Pictures 2.0 by Lee Smith http://readingwithpictures.org/2011/10/28/reading-with-pictures-2-0/#comment-60 Lee Smith Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:38:16 +0000 http://readingwithpictures.org/?p=65#comment-60 I'm interested in writing curriculum, lesson plans utilizing comics. I have samples of previous work if you're interested. I’m interested in writing curriculum, lesson plans utilizing comics. I have samples of previous work if you’re interested.

]]> Comment on About Us by Adriana Rojas http://readingwithpictures.org/about-us/#comment-14 Adriana Rojas Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:13:24 +0000 http://rwp.82px.com/?page_id=5#comment-14 I went to the Comic Con in NY and saw Josh's presentation. It made taking an unpaid day off from work worth it knowing I would be able to bring this back and try to convince other people reading....even a COMIC will help a student learn to read! Please if you may email me information on how to become a participating school for the study or ANYTHING related to this program research, lesson plans, etc. Thank you for a honest, funny presentation that was well thought out. PS my sister came from Colorado and met the other person who is working with kids in Denver. She is now going to try and get her employer to see if they can do their community service projects with them!!! Thank you again and look forward to working with you. Sincerely, Adriana Rojas History Educator New Jersey I went to the Comic Con in NY and saw Josh’s presentation. It made taking an unpaid day off from work worth it knowing I would be able to bring this back and try to convince other people reading….even a COMIC will help a student learn to read! Please if you may email me information on how to become a participating school for the study or ANYTHING related to this program research, lesson plans, etc.
Thank you for a honest, funny presentation that was well thought out.
PS my sister came from Colorado and met the other person who is working with kids in Denver. She is now going to try and get her employer to see if they can do their community service projects with them!!!
Thank you again and look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Adriana Rojas
History Educator
New Jersey

]]> Comment on About Us by Susan Shafer http://readingwithpictures.org/about-us/#comment-5 Susan Shafer Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:25:43 +0000 http://rwp.82px.com/?page_id=5#comment-5 Hi, Josh: I attended your session on The Future of Comics in the Classroom at the recent NYCC. Great job! I'm an academic with an EdD from Columbia U's Teachers College, as well as a former NYC teacher. Recently, I wrote press releases and other materials on the topic of graphic novels for a nonprofit called Young Audiences. Plus, I write curriculum for various publishers, esp. Scholastic. If you can use an education writer to develop curriculum or lesson plans for the schools, please contact me.... Susan Shafer Hi, Josh: I attended your session on The Future of Comics in the Classroom at the recent NYCC. Great job! I’m an academic with an EdD from Columbia U’s Teachers College, as well as a former NYC teacher. Recently, I wrote press releases and other materials on the topic of graphic novels for a nonprofit called Young Audiences. Plus, I write curriculum for various publishers, esp. Scholastic.

If you can use an education writer to develop curriculum or lesson plans for the schools, please contact me….

Susan Shafer

]]> Comment on About Us by Karen Romano Young http://readingwithpictures.org/about-us/#comment-3 Karen Romano Young Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:17:54 +0000 http://rwp.82px.com/?page_id=5#comment-3 Dear Trevor, Hello again. We met at Comic Con, where I tried to attend your presentation on Friday. I'm the woman in the gold dress who visited your booth to introduce myself, and I would like to do so again here. I'm mightily impressed with the goals of Reading with Pictures and would like to offer my assistance and work. I'm the author/illustrator of a new children's graphic novel, Doodlebug: A Novel in Doodles; as well as the graphic article/ nonfiction comic series Humanimal Doodles, which appear monthly in the children's science magazine Odyssey (which nominated them for the AAAS Kavli science journalism award) and which have been seen on Animal Planet, NASA What on Earth?, World Wildlife Fund, and other websites. I would like to have my work included in your next anthology, but can also offer help with the classroom effort and research to support it, if needed. I'm a former Scholastic editor with broad experience in creating curriculum materials in formal and informal education settings. I could help create teaching and student programs for using comics in the classroom, enhancing them with art and writing workshopping as well as content-oriented and standards-linked lessons and support. I'm also involved in programs that use visual formats to reach girls, children with learning differences, and other possibly underserved children, and have a great interest in transmedia crossover methods for finding new audiences. I'd like to have a conversation with you folks to see if there's a way we could work together. Yours, Karen Romano Young Dear Trevor,

Hello again. We met at Comic Con, where I tried to attend your presentation on Friday. I’m the woman in the gold dress who visited your booth to introduce myself, and I would like to do so again here. I’m mightily impressed with the goals of Reading with Pictures and would like to offer my assistance and work.

I’m the author/illustrator of a new children’s graphic novel, Doodlebug: A Novel in Doodles; as well as the graphic article/ nonfiction comic series Humanimal Doodles, which appear monthly in the children’s science magazine Odyssey (which nominated them for the AAAS Kavli science journalism award) and which have been seen on Animal Planet, NASA What on Earth?, World Wildlife Fund, and other websites. I would like to have my work included in your next anthology, but can also offer help with the classroom effort and research to support it, if needed.

I’m a former Scholastic editor with broad experience in creating curriculum materials in formal and informal education settings. I could help create teaching and student programs for using comics in the classroom, enhancing them with art and writing workshopping as well as content-oriented and standards-linked lessons and support.
I’m also involved in programs that use visual formats to reach girls, children with learning differences, and other possibly underserved children, and have a great interest in transmedia crossover methods for finding new audiences.

I’d like to have a conversation with you folks to see if there’s a way we could work together.

Yours,

Karen Romano Young

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