THE WORLD ON PAPER - ANTHOLOGY 3 - AMERICAN ENGLISH GLOBAL COMICS VIRTUAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM 3RD COHORT - AE COMICS VIRTUAL EXCHANGE

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A 10-week virtual exchange anthology connecting English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers through comics to support international education during the coronavirus pandemic. The third pilot cohort uses graphic-novel storytelling to teach both content knowledge and English linguistic skills, guided by the Global Competence Matrix and Project Based Learning. Participants collaboratively identify community challenges, then create superhero comic stories using tools such as Pixton EDU or hand-illustration, emphasizing critical thinking, problem solving, and cross-cultural communication while remaining open to diverse perspectives.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages91

Reading Time2 h 20 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Program Purpose and Framework

Final Project and Story Creation

About This Volume

Editor’s Note

Technology & Innovation

Uyanga Enkhtaivan

Bestoon Mahdi Salih

THE WORLD ON PAPER ANTHOLOGY 3 AMERICAN ENGLISH GLOBAL COMICS VIRTUAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM 3RD COHORT AE COMICS VIRTUAL EXCHANGE INTRODUCTION JACQUELINE GARDY, EDITOR Amid the coronavirus pandemic, more education and exchange leaders are seeking ways to use technology to reach international teachers whose lives have been disrupted by closed schools, cancelled trips, and prolonged isolation. The Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Aﬀairs (ECA), saw the need to pivot face-to-face exchanges, run through the English Access Microscholarship Program, to a virtual exchange learning experience connecting English as a Foreign Language (EFL) professionals to a new pedagogy that could be applied to future classroom teaching. The 2021 Winter American English Global Comics Virtual Exchange was the third of three pilots for a 10-week virtual exchange between English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers nominated by Regional Language Officers (RELOs) at various US embassies and consulates across the globe. The objective of this exchange was to use storytelling through comics to highlight a community challenge within participants’ social and cultural context while oﬀering new pedagogy for language learning. The purpose of the exchange involved teaching content knowledge of graphic novels and the linguistic skills of storytelling in English. The program used the Global Competence Matrix framework which involves four categories of global education which include: 1-Investigating the World, 2-Recognizing Perspectives, 3-Communicating Ideas, and 4-Taking Action. This framework provides participants with the tools to examine their colleagues’ and their own perspectives on issues of relevance to their own communities. The use of Project Based Learning (PBL) methodology guided participants through collaborative teamwork with a final project involving critical thinking, problem solving, cross cultural communication, collaboration, and innovation of this anthology of comic stories that represent the global community of the participants of this virtual exchange. This collective project was a work of love. We hope you enjoy reading their stories and getting to know these superhero teachers. The final project required participants to work together in their teams to identify a challenge, then to create a comic story where a superhero they created can solve it. The participants created comics in a variety of ways, by using Pixton, an online comic-creator, hand-illustrating, and/or combining techniques. It has been my sincere pleasure to work with these courageous, talented, and enthusiastic teachers over the past 10 weeks. Please enjoy this anthology of their work. Jacqueline Gardy CC-BY-NC-ND © 2021 by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Aﬀairs, Office of English Language Programs . This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International Public License. To view a copy of this license, visit [https://](https://)[ ](https://)[creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/](creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use . You may not use the material for commercial purposes . If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. ABOUT THIS VOLUME This volume contains collected comic stories from the participants of the AE Global Comics Virtual Exchange Program Pilot, Winter 2021. Participants created these comics using Pixton EDU, hand-illustrating, or by using a combination of digital tools and comics. Comics are generally read in panels, left to right. EDITOR’S NOTE Please note the stories you’ll find below contain a variety of perspectives and viewpoints, that may or may not reflect the U.S. Departmen

FAQs

What was the goal of the AE Comics Virtual Exchange for the 3rd cohort?

The exchange used comic-based storytelling to spotlight a community challenge in participants’ social and cultural contexts while providing new pedagogy for language learning.

Which learning frameworks and methods guided the program?

The program used the Global Competence Matrix with four global education categories and applied Project Based Learning (PBL) through collaborative teamwork and a final anthology project.

How did participants produce the comic stories in this anthology?

Participants created comics using Pixton EDU, hand-illustration, or a combination of digital tools and traditional techniques, working in teams to create superhero stories that address an identified challenge.

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