1. Launch Panel Thursday 6:30-7:30pm June 5, 2014 Education Track

2. Friday June 6, 2014 10:30 am - 11:30 am The Pastiche of Sherlock Holmes Part 1: History 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Pastiche Part 2: Best Practices in the Classroom 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Every Child Tells a Story: Media Literacy for Early Learners 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Pop Goes the Classroom: How to Effectively Integrate Pop Culture Into Your Classroom 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm I've Been Talking to Your Kids with Bradley Snyder 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Phoenix Comicon Maker Sharefest

3. The Pastiche of Sherlock Holmes Dawn Opel Arizona State University Department of English Hear about the history of the works featuring the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, including the longstanding engagement of Sherlock fans. Unlock some vocabulary: What is the difference between fan fiction, pastiche, and other fan productions? See a few examples in the Sherlock tradition. Learn about the PBS Sherlock series and how it continues this tradition of fan participation, and how this phenomenon can be utilized for teaching with a digital media and learning curriculum. Join us to Solve the Mystery:

4. Every Child Tells a Story Learn how to use sequential art & multi-media as a transitional medium? Learn a conceptual understanding of how the language of comics works? Motivate & engage students to apply innate background experience with alternative media to increase literacy skills? Prepare students for college & career readiness by understanding sequential art & multi-media? Consider the Special Education and ESL/ELL applications?

5. how to effectively integrate pop culture into your classroom

6. Saturday June 7, 2014 10:30 am - 11:30 am Best Practice in Pop Culture Integration 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Truth about Kids and Video Games 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Introducing PBS Digital Studios and IDEA Channel 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Comics in the Classroom: Sequential Art and Critical Thinking 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Comicornucopia: Culinary Life Skills in Comics, Games and Film 6:00pm 7:00 pm Lights, Camera, Learn 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Explore PBS Online

7. Presented by Jeff Barbanell, M.Ed. (Arizona State University) Phoenix ComiCon June 7, 2014

8. Avengers Initiative: Social Studies While watching The Avengers, students are assigned one of 5 members of the team. These each correlate to a different component of WWII. Captain America: Battle strategies and major battles Iron Man: Technology during the war Thor: Americas neutrality and the attack on Pearl Harbor Hulk: The atomic bomb and the decision to drop it Black Widow: Women in WWII

9. Sunday June 8, 2014 10:30 am - 11:30 am Super Civilizations: Exploring Social Issues in comics, games and film 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Utopian vs. Dystopian Societies 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Here a Con, There a con, Everywhere a Mini Con

10. Super Civilizations: Encoding the Story 1.Simple narrative 2.Complex narrative 3.Antinarrative 4. Braided narrativity 5. Proliferating narrative 6. State of grace

11. R. Bradley Snyder Ive Been Talking to Your Kids