Presented at the Summer Invitational Writing Institute at the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project, West Chester University.  July 2015.

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INFOGRAPHICS

• Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Infographics as Creative Assessment, includes video and step-by-step instructions
• Accessing Stories through Infographics, a 2014 NCTE Annual Convention Session by Tracy Kincy, Shawn Quinlan, and Joshua Vest, Bentonville Public Schools
• 74 Infographics for Teachers / Librarians about reading, links to many great infographics!
• The 83 Best Infographics, as curated by CreativeBloq.com
• The Visual Communication Guy, for wonderful examples of engaging infographics as well as thoughts on design
• Daily Infographic, curates the web to present a thought-provoking infographic each day
• List of Infographic Tools
• Canva.com, an additional graphic design tool (I recommend Canva and Piktochart)

PHOTOGRAPHY

• 9 Composition Techniques to Improve your Photography from Digital Photography School (DPS – their whole site is great for beginners!)
• Basic Photography Composition and Techniques from LifeHacker
• Books I recommend: The Visual Toolbox by David DuChemin, Picture Perfect Practice by Roberto Valenzuela, and Craft & Vision website.
• Online workshops and e-learning available at Clickinmoms, In Beauty and Chaos, The Define School, The Photographer Within.

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

• “Show and Tell” from Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
• Graphic Novel Terms and Elements from ReadWriteThink
• Lesson Plan on teaching Persepolis from ReadWriteThink
• How to Draw Faces by Austin Kleon
• Drawing Cartoon Faces
• Draw Better than Stick Figures
• Stick Figure Quick Start Guide by Dave Gray
• Comicbookpaper.com and Printablepaper.net for storyboard templates
• 21 Free Storyboarding Online Tools for Teachers
• Storybird, image-based storytelling for reading and writing
• Storyboardthat.com, online tool for storyboarding
• Graphic Novels for Teens, a list from ALA
• Graphic Novels for Middle School, a Goodreads list
• Comics in Education