by Carolyn | Mar 11, 2023 | Education, Literature, Teaching
I don’t know if it is just me, as a mother of grown up twin boys, but I get the distinct impression that popular movies, of the last couple decades, have been largely connected to the Marvel and DC universes. I do enjoy the movies, though I have seen fewer now that...
by Carolyn | Apr 18, 2021 | English, Literature, Teaching
As we approach, once again, the day of Shakespeare’s birth and death, the faithful among us, (some would say nerds) start revisiting the Bard’s canon and the enormity of his influence. This is a serious, and at the same time not serious, undertaking. There is much...
by Carolyn | Jul 25, 2019 | EdTech, Literature, Teaching
It is 3 years since I made my geriatric foray into the wonderful world of EdTech. Ok, maybe I am exaggerating the geriatric bit, but not much. As a woman in her 60s I often find myself as the oldest person in the room and often the room shows surprise at my...
by Carolyn | Sep 25, 2017 | Film, Literature, Teaching
It Began with Disney. In the early 1930s, when Disney was at the height of its creativity in cartoon animation, it was common practice for the artists working at the studio to pin their rough sketches onto bulletin boards. They would do this in order to visually...
by Carolyn | Sep 19, 2017 | English, Film, Literature, Teaching
I don’t know about you but I get really peeved when people use the word ‘classic’ as a synonym for ‘old’ or ‘dull.’ People arguing against the inclusion of classic literature in English courses invariably infer that if a text is a classic then it is old and...
by Carolyn | Sep 16, 2017 | English, Film, Literature, Reading, Teaching
Teaching visual literacy and film can be a lot of fun. If there is anything our students are familiar with it is film. However, just like novels, plays, poetry and other forms of literature, film has its own conventions and terminology. I have to make a confession...
