Read comics and play games instead of doing homework?
Cross,Carl (Cultural & Community Services)
Apologies for x-posting but the clues in the name.
Interesting but not quite as cool as it sounds for just some of these reasons:
- I’ve never bought into the idea of giving struggling readers a comic. Aren’t you just giving them two or more things to have to worry about reading now (text/pictures/layout/sound effects)?
- Boardgames=good (yes they are) videogames=bad (oh, no they’re not). There are lots of games which offer the potential for tangential learning from Civilization to Crayon Physics.
A quick video on videogames and tangential learning – warning: the closing remark might raise a few eyebrows in a crowded office!
Perhaps they should start printing serials on the back of cereal packets?
Carl.
Carl Cross
Children's Librarian - South
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