by liam | Jun 29, 2013 | comics, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, Teacher's Guide, video games
I spent much of June talking to teachers and other folks about video games in schools. I spoke about play and alternative texts with amazing educators at the recent 2013 COCA Retreat. And I had a blast at the Academy of the Impossible talking digital learning and...
by liam | May 11, 2013 | appearances, comics, education, literacy, Teacher's Guide, writing news
I recently ran a four week Writing Comics Workshop for young writers at the amazing Toronto Public Library. Each Saturday, I met with 25 creators aged 8 – 12 years and we went through the steps to writing our own comics. We focused on using words to create story...
by liam | May 7, 2013 | comics, education, literacy, media, writing news
A few months ago, I was honoured to be asked to be one of the judges picking the YA Best Books for 2013 on behalf of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. I blogged about getting all the books and then making the decision about would make the cut with a team of...
by liam | Apr 19, 2013 | comics, education, gaming, literacy, media, Teacher's Guide, video games, virtual worlds
Back in 2003, I was a struggling freelance writer with a few graphic novels for kids under my belt. I was pitching articles to magazines, playing a lot of video games and wondering if a career in teaching was for me. That was also when I stumbled upon a newly released...
by liam | Mar 27, 2013 | comics, literacy, media, Uncategorized, writing news
Earlier this month, I wrote about some Canadian authors mixing it up with traditional publishing and independent, or self publishing. If you missed it, check out Five Canadian Kids Authors Rocking it as Hybrids, to get caught up. One author mentioned was Arthur Slade,...