the cognitive power of comics

ALE 2013bucharest

Toni tassani@atassani

The cognitive power of

LEARNING

VISUAL

A picture is worth a thousand words

INFORMATION &

NEW IDEAS

CHaracteristicscomicsof

LEVELS of ABSTRACTION

FIRST the whole

then the DETAILS

ACTIVE READER

Storytelling

SYMBOLS & CONVENTIONS

PICTURES&

TEXT

Words Pictures

Levels of Abstraction

storytellingVISUAL LANGUAGE

ACTIVE READER

PICTURES & TeXT

The WHOLE and the DETAILS

THANK YOUALE 2013bucharest

Toni tassani@atassani

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