{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Alyson Feldman-Piltch","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/alyson-feldman-piltch\/","title":"ASCLA &amp; Toon Books: Gene Yang on the Importance of Comics in Education","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PeB472Tk4h\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/ascla-toon-books-gene-yang-importance-comics-education\/\">ASCLA &amp; Toon Books: Gene Yang on the Importance of Comics in Education<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/ascla-toon-books-gene-yang-importance-comics-education\/embed\/#?secret=PeB472Tk4h\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;ASCLA &amp; Toon Books: Gene Yang on the Importance of Comics in Education&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"PeB472Tk4h\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Greetings from the Hilton at #alamw15- I&#8217;m currently listening to a panel of artists talk about the importance of Comics in Visual Literacy. Hosted by\u00a0Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, publisher and editorial director of Toon Books (and yes, from RAW Magazine and New Yorker fame), the first person to present was Batman himself, Gene Luen Yang. Yes, Gene is Batman- by day he is a teacher and by night he is a cartoonist! So who better to talk about the roll comics can play in education than someone who does both? \u00a0After hearing about Gene&#8217;s process, we heard about Gene&#8217;s Master&#8217;s Thesis about the role comics can play in education (online info about that can be found here). \u00a0Gene shared with us how when he was a long-term substitute teacher for an Algebra 2, he found supplementing his lesson plans for substitutes and the lectures themselves with comic versions of the day&#8217;s lesson..."}