NYSAA and the Library Digital Media Lab
Library Digital Media Lab, Rochester, NY
Fourteen students with special needs told their stories in their own way, at their own pace, and every one of them finished a storyboard.
By the numbers
- 14 students completed the full three-session series
- 14 of 14 completed storyboards
- 13 of 14 showed increased ability to communicate story ideas
- 9 teachers, aides and Cooley Comics facilitators supporting
“People reached” is our projected community reach: the midpoint of our estimate of everyone the program touched beyond the people in the room, such as families, classmates, colleagues and neighbors.
Fourteen students with special needs took part in a fully inclusive creative experience on the Cooley Comics digital platform, supported by five teachers and aides and four Cooley Comics facilitators.
The web app let students work at their own pace and keep going beyond the classroom. Students who may struggle in traditional academic settings expressed ideas in new ways, and teachers saw breakthroughs: students visualizing and sharing ideas that had been hard to communicate before.
- Growth in narrative clarity and expressive confidence
- Students worked at their own pace and revisited tasks as needed
- New ways to express ideas beyond reading and writing
- Educators left with tools and strategies to keep using in class
- 1
Meet your character
Every student designed a character of their own.
- 2
Build the story
Ideas became storyboards, at each student's own pace.
- 3
Keep going
The web app let students pick up where they left off.
I liked being able to make my character look the way I imagined.Sammy, 15
Two students used the web app outside scheduled sessions to catch up after missing class. A library program director praised the workshop's accessibility for learners with reading and writing challenges.
See the work
Photos, characters and finished comics from this program are on their way.
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