Sunnyside Up

The school year is almost over and with it so ends the Collegiate YMCA's after school program at Sunnyside. There won't be a session on 6/5 due to me having to be out of state, so the last sessions will be 5/29 and 6/12. Both of these will focus on long-form comics to make things simple for the kids.

I'm currently working on my summer schedule. In addition to the Collegiate YMCA summer camp, I'll also be working at summer camps at several other locations. Once times are worked out I'll post it here.

5/22/09 Session Stats

Here are the stats from the 5/23 session.

Comics collected: 31
Attendance: 2 + 1 half time student = 2.5
Student efficiency: 12.4
Maximum possible: 45
Lesson efficiency: 0.69

Based on this, I'll stick with shorter arcs for future lessons instead of long ones.

5/22/09 Session Report

The 5/22 session went all right, though it suffered from low attendance: only 3 kids. One child who hadn't attended for a while was there. Unfortunately, I found out one regular participant has moved and is no longer doing after school activities while another was suspended for fighting.

I didn't take any pictures or video this time. I'll post stats soon.

5/22/09 Session

The 5/22 session will focus on long form comics.

Comics used:

Blue and Blond
Flipside
Lil' Formers
Nothing Nice to Say
Planet Karen
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Seasons of Constancy

5/8/09 Session Stats

Here are the stats from the 5/8 session:

Comics collected: 53
Attendance: 2 full time + 2 part time = 3
Student efficiency: 17.67
Maximum possible: 44 + 8 = 52
Lesson efficiency: 1.02

I was able to use a more precise weighting for the maximum possible since I kept closer track of who was given how many comics.

5/8/09 Session Report

After a long string of cancellations, I finally got a session to run! It's been 5 weeks since the last session, so I'm glad to have been back with the students.

4 students participated, though 2 dropped out halfway through. The two who were left, though, did very well: they both finished an entire story arc from Flipside each! That was more work than some of the older kids from the tournament were able to do. I was very impressed.

Pictures, stats, and video will be posted soon, I hope.

5/8/09 Session

The 5/8 session will focus on a long-form comic making exercise, with the kids creating multi-page stories. Since my students like stories focusing on girls, I chose Flipside for its emphasis on female protagonists, clear action, and low word bubble count per page.

Comics used:

Animenifesto
Blue and Blond
Devil's Panties
Flipside
Nothing Nice to Say
xkcd

I also used art from Robin Edwards and Raina Telgemeier.