edu presen

13
Learning Through Cartoons Gaby Kwan

Upload: gkwan3

Post on 07-May-2015

103 views

Category:

News & Politics


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Edu presen

Learning Through Cartoons

Gaby Kwan

Page 2: Edu presen

Cartoons and Education

Can come in many forms-ex. Animated children shows, storybooks, political cartoons

Page 3: Edu presen

TV Shows

Most of the cartoons are not educational

*watch a cartoon and count how many violent acts there are in an episode*

Page 4: Edu presen

Cartoons and Learning

Great way to capture a viewer’s attention to deliver information

Can be used as a supplement to lessons

Brings ideas to life

Page 5: Edu presen

Cartoons and Learning

Viewers can watch a situation evolve into a problem and later followed by a successful solution

Takes away language barrier

Viewers are intrinsically motivated to watch

Page 6: Edu presen

What did you notice about how the cartoon teaches viewers

Page 7: Edu presen

What are some disadvantages of using cartoons to learn?

Page 8: Edu presen

Twitter

Page 9: Edu presen
Page 10: Edu presen

Are Educational Cartoons Interesting?Networks concerned about popularity

Study done in 1997 on Flintstones vs Cro

Children rated shows between ‘good’ and ‘great’ on average

Page 11: Edu presen

Do Cartoons Stay in Childhood?

No.

Political cartoons

Adult cartoons-doodles

Page 12: Edu presen

What do you think about learning from cartoons?

good, bad or it depends?

Page 13: Edu presen