This unique one-day conference for K-8 teachers with an emphasis on social studies and English/Language arts instructors will be held at the Toledo Museum of Art on June 14, 2019. Highlights of the event will include a keynote from Scott McCloud, American cartoonist and comic theorist, and featured presentation by Wendi Pillars, author of Visual Note-taking for Educators. In addition, a variety of breakout workshops on topics ranging from anchor charting, to reading currency, to classroom filmmaking will be offered.
Conference registration includes access to all sessions, certificate offering 8 contact hours, and lunch. Limited to the first 100 registrants
Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud is the award-winning author of Understanding Comics, Making Comics, Zot!, and many other fiction and non-fiction comics spanning 30 years. He’s lectured and consulted on comics and digital media for Google, MIT, Pixar, Facebook, and Harvard University. He started the international 24-Hour Comic phenomenon, and his comics are available in 20 languages in print and online at scottmccloud.com. His most recent graphic novel is The Sculptor from First Second Books.
Wendi Pillars
Wendi Pillars, NBCT and veteran, has been teaching Language Learners for 20+ years, K-12, stateside and overseas, in both military and civilian contexts. She believes language is the most powerful tool of diplomacy, and wishes all students had the opportunity to become multilingual. An advocate for Teacher Leadership and global thinking, Wendi is a member of the CTQ family, a 2018 PolarTREC Research Fellow, 2017 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, and 2016 Teacher for Global Classrooms Fellow. She is the author of Visual Notetaking for Educators and is a regular contributor to EdWeek and other publications. Above all, she is someone who simply loves learning for the sake of learning. Find her at the ball field with her son Ian, or on Twitter @wendi322.
More information about the workshop will be listed at a later date.
