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Assessment 4 Part C: Critical Reflection

Assessment 4 Digital Storytelling Project Part C Critical Reflection   INF533: Literature in Digital Environments feels as though it came at the perfect time for my studies. We, as a society, have been propelled into the future of digital environments, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2020). Furthering my understanding of the importance of digital literacies, skills needed to access these ever-expanding texts, and where to locate and organise them were all key learning opportunities for me. This course has allowed me to consider more aspects of the future of Read More …

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Experiencing Digital Literature Part B: Critical Reflection of Digital Literature Experiences

“We find these digital picture books to be the most exciting innovation in literature for children in a long time—and also the scariest” (Yokota, & Teale, 2014, p. 577). What makes a good digital text, what counts as one, and what purpose do digital texts serve? During this assignment my idea of what counts as digital literature has expanded drastically. A main point I found was that there are blurred lines between defining modes of digital literature. Biancarosa and Griffiths (2012) confirm that terms such as e-book and e-reader are not always used, and that Read More …

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Digital Literature Review 3: Interactive Book

Review 3: Interactive Book from PebbleGo Title: Thoroughbred Horses Capstone. (2020a). Thoroughbred Horses. PebbleGo. https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/34/articles/239 For the purpose of this review, an interactive text was chosen from the website PebbleGo. PebbleGo is a database of nonfiction digital texts for children in grades K-3. This interactive book was chosen to evaluate for the digital features of the text and its digital affordances. This text can be categorized as a “digital narrative” (Walsh, 2013, p. 186), as it was produced using software. It also falls under Lamb’s (2011) categorization of a “reference database” which “provides nonlinear and Read More …

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Digital Literature Review 2: Enhanced Book

Review 2: Enhanced Book from Vooks Title: Unicorn (and Horse) by David W. Miles, illustrated by Hollie Mengert Hirtzel, R. (2019). Unicorn (and Horse) [Video]. Vooks. https://watch.vooks.com/be-kind/videos/unicorn-and-horse For the purpose of this review, an enhanced book was chosen from the website Vooks. Vooks is an ad-free streaming service that brings known storybooks to life using the synergy of animation, narration, sound effects and music. This enhanced book was chosen to review for its animation, audio and visual content and to examine comparisons to the linear e-book version and the print version. This digital mode was Read More …

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Digital Literature Review 1: E-book

Review 1: E-book from Epic! Title: Unicorn (and Horse) by David W. Miles, illustrated by Hollie Mengert Miles, D. (2018). Unicorn (and Horse). Familius LLC. https://www.getepic.com/app/read/49864 For the purpose of this review, an e-book was chosen from the website called Epic! Epic is a digital library of e-books, read-to-me books, audiobooks and videos aimed at an audience of children in grades K-5. While the platform has all of these e-literacy options a standard e-book version or “linear e-narrative”, as proposed by Unsworth (2006, p. 69), was chosen to review. This book was chosen to review Read More …

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Blog #1- Literature in Digital Environments

Using your readings and interaction with the subject to date, develop a statement about your current knowledge and understanding of concepts and practices in digital literature environments, tools and uses, within the context of your work or professional circumstances. Does this quote make you think about a Kindle or iPad? Or a physical book? The feeling as you turn the last page…or touch/swipe to end the book? Digital literature, I reflect, has quietly and quickly overcome near all of my reading experiences within the last few years. The biggest change that I can pinpoint was Read More …