Seminar: Comics for Cause, Comics because...
Amanda Josling – Corrective Services NSW Zoe Humphreys – Ability Links worker, St. Vincent de Paul 5.30 pm Thursday 30 th April 2015 Room cb10.5.580 Building 10 University of Technology, Sydney Jones St, Broadway NSWALNC were invited to Supernova, a comics and graphic arts expo, by Comics for a Cause and Amanda and Zoe volunteered. They were both enthusiastic about the possibility of collecting comics & graphic novels for literacy students because they have both worked in a range of settings with people who have become disengaged from learning. Graphic texts provide a range of opportunities for reading, story-telling and understanding text construction. Zoe Humphreys and Amanda Josling volunteered to work with Comics for Cause, when the organisation approached the NSWALNC about their charity. They began to collaborate on the issue of using graphic texts as a means to engage disadvantaged and disengaged learners. They both have teaching histories that included some ...