Math Comic Strips Flagship Item: “The Innovative Dr. Knowledge”
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Photo by cmiked We are entering a new global economy…
one in which our children will need to compete with other children around the world. In this digital age of massive distractions, such as video games and television, we have a lot of competing media for our children’s attention.
To many children math is complicated and boring and too much like “work”. We needed a way to make learning math fun.
How about the vehicle of a comic book? For starters, comic books have stood the test of time. Long before the digital age of the 24 hour cartoon network, children would be huddled under their blankets, with comic book and flashlight in hand.
A very visual learning tool, it is also portable, requiring no electricity or attachments or even, strange as it may sound these days, an internet connection.
We have come across just the comic…
an educational math comic featuring “The Innovative Dr. Knowledge”. Now Dr. Knowledge is not a “Super Hero” in the sense that he is from another planet or has been bitten by an insect or something. He’s a regular guy.
His “superior abilities” (if we can call them that) comes from his hard work at studying math and other subjects over the years. With these “powers” he is able to solve some fantastic crimes and problems.
We are hoping that as children read and follow his adventures, they will become enchanted by the world of math, and motivated to do their own math homework in the process.
Bobby lost his mother at a young age, and had a rather difficult childhood in many respects. To make a long story short, his father decided to take him on a trip to help encourage and motivate his son.
As fate would have it, he ended up on an island, and it was here that he embraced his love of math. Math helped him to solve many problems that the island presented him with, and through these adventures he was able to see the practical applications of math.
Bobby was eventually rescued, and made his way back to the “civilized world”. He pursued a more formal education in math, and eventually earned his PhD in mathematics at a very prestigious university. His math skills helped him to acquire great wealth. He was also able to use these math skills to solve crimes and problems, and make the world a better place.
Our sincere desire is that you will enjoy reading their comic, “The Innovative Dr. Knowledge”. Please join them in helping to promote math education to our nation’s children. They are going to need math skills in order to compete for the jobs of the future. Math comic strips may never be the same again…
Want to find out more about The Innovative Dr. Knowledge, then visit Matthew Smith’s site on Math Comic Strips.
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