EduCon 2025Heroic Perspectives: Using Comics to Foster Empathy and Understanding
How might we use the comic book tropes of masked heroes and secret identities to demonstrate our understanding of others’ struggles and perspectives? During this interactive conversation, we will combine the visual language of comics, the cross-cultural archetype of heroism, and the empathy-fueled mindset of design thinking to create original comics that address the struggles and challenges facing our colleagues and communities around the world. This conversation will be held in an inner/outer circle style, where there will be several creativity stations in the outer circle and a conversation circle for the inner circle. As participants complete activities in the outer circle, they will enter the inner circle to discuss and share their work with their colleagues to develop ideas they can use in their classrooms immediately. The four stations will include one on using a superhero design graphic organizer, one on the visual language of comics, one with examples and comic resources to gain inspiration, and one on infographic creation.
Conversational Practice
As participants complete activities at the stations, they will join the inner circle to discuss and share their work and findings, and will discuss with each other how these activities could be integrated into their classroom practice. They will reflect on how their ideas and processes could ensure that their new materials are adaptable to various settings and accessible to diverse audiences.
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