Part A: Context INF533

Life of Rosie is a fiction text aimed at meeting the needs of stage 1 students. The digital text was developed with the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) syllabus in mind (NSW PDHPE Syllabus 2018). The audience is children aged six to eight although can be made adaptable to children in early stage …

Part B: Digital Story Telling Project INF533

Life of Rosie

Part C: Critical Reflection INF533

My learning throughout the subject of INF533 has allowed a deeper focus on digital texts and the literature that is present in digital environments. The overall theme of the modules flowed seamlessly from knowledge acquisition to an understanding of the practical components associated with digital literature. In my initial reflections on the discussion forum I …

Assignment 2 Critical Reflection

Lamb, Parrot and Usher all provide varying view points on what makes a good digital text (Lamb, 2011; Parrott, 2011; Usher, 2016). While comparing different types of text Lamb provided an overview of the varying types of text a reader may come across when exploring digital texts. Interactive journalism, eBooks and transmedia story telling are …

Assignment 2 Digital Text 3

The Life Without Power is an interactive journalism article which reports on life in Puerto Rico without power since Hurricane Maria (Hernández, Leaming, & Murphy, 2017). It includes sound, visuals, text and interactive features throughout and provides an immersive experience for the reader. Lamb labels Life Without Power as transmedia story telling which includes a …

Assignment 2 Digital Text 2

ABC Education has produced a series of digital books for children on a range of topics. The text being analysed is ‘Growing Up in the Early 1900s’ and is a series of chapters including videos and text (ABC, 2012) and highlights key aspects of life for a child in the 1900s. The text is recommended …

Assessment 2 Digital Text 1

Bourchardon and Heckman discuss digital literature and the difference between digitised works and digital works (2012). Dandelion written by Galvin Scott Smith (2012) is a traditional text that has since been created into a digital work in the form of an app. The app allows the user to move through the book and follow the …

Assignment 1 – Reflective Journal

“It has been suggested that digital literature for children may be beneficial to supplement oral and print literacies, especially for early years’ students (Ciampa, 2012, p. 128)” This quote early in the module had my intrigued of the possibilities of this subject. I have a very narrow understanding of current knowledge and practices in the …