The Importance of Alternative Literacy: What is it and why is it important to implement in our libraries, classrooms and lives https://lnkd.in/eirAd8cT Join us on Thursday August 1, 2024, at 1 PM MT, as Sara Vail from the Garfield County Library District discusses the importance of alternative literacy. Alternative Literacy is the process of teaching children and young adults literacy skills through non-traditional means. In this presentation, I cover three big examples of this: graphic novels, tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), and video games. Further, I provide an overview of how educators, librarians, and individuals can implement them into their work or daily life. In this presentation, you can expect to learn: What alternative literacy is and the benefits Definitions of graphic novels, […]
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