Topic: Diversity I will be explaining Pokémon GO (PGO) game for young adult’s demographic. Pokémon GO , created by Niantic Inc, there mission get users to exercise, to see iconic landmarks whilst catching Pokémon at the same time (NianticKIDS, n.d.-a, para. 1). To access the game, caregivers, will receive an email because the child is “under the age of digital consent” (Niantic Inc, n.d., para. 2). Once on NianticKIDS…
Category: Assignment
A book review of a children’s book: Not cute
Topic: Young People’s Book Awards For this blog post, I will be writing a book review on the title, Not Cute written by Phillip Bunting, which received the 2021 picture book of the year award by The Children’s Book Council of Australia (The Children’s Book Council of Australia, n.d., para. 1). The age range is for children 4 and up. The book surrounds a Quokka, on an adventure that…
Find, read and analyse a peer-reviewed journal article.
Topic: Censorship For this activity, I read and analysed a peer-reviewed journal article: Danielle E. Hartsfield & Sue C. Kimmel (2020) “Please let this be the crassest thing my child reads!”: Exploring community perceptions of challenged children’s literature, Reading Psychology, 41:5, 369-402, DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2020.1768983 This study looked at five titles that was banned on multiple occasions by The American Library Association (American Library Association, 2013, para. 1-20; Hartsfield…
Assignment I:Professional Development Blog Preparation
Analyse and evaluate a website designed for children and young adult Topic used: Digital materials and resources Fig. 1: home What did I undertake? I analysed and evaluated a website called Esafety.gov.au run by the eSafety commissioner, the website has a pane across the top with sections for user groups: kids and youth, with support information for parents and schools (eSafety Commissioner, n.d.-a; n.d.-d; n.d.-g; n.d.-h). For each section…