1. Learning Through Cartoons
Gaby Kwan

2. Cartoons and Education
Can come in many forms
-ex. Animated children shows, storybooks, political
cartoons

3. TV Shows
Most of the cartoons are not educational
*watch a cartoon and count how many violent acts
there are in an episode*

4. Cartoons and Learning
Great way to capture a viewer’s attention to deliver
information
Can be used as a supplement to lessons
Brings ideas to life

5. Cartoons and Learning
Viewers can watch a situation evolve into a problem
and later followed by a successful solution
Takes away language barrier
Viewers are intrinsically motivated to watch

6. What did you notice about how the cartoon teaches
viewers

7. What are some disadvantages of using cartoons to
learn?

8. Twitter

10. Are Educational Cartoons
Interesting?
Networks concerned about popularity
Study done in 1997 on Flintstones vs Cro
Children rated shows between ‘good’ and ‘great’ on
average

11. Do Cartoons Stay in
Childhood?
No.
Political cartoons
Adult cartoons
-doodles

12. What do you think about learning from cartoons?
good, bad or it depends?