What makes a good digital text, what counts as one, and what purpose do digital texts serve? As new technologies are changing how we read, write, publish, interact, and create, literacy’s social and physical aspects are also changing (Albrechtslund, 2019, p. 553). Before Web 2.0, digital texts were mainly of print-born origin, digitised for convenience […]
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Review 2 – Seeking refuge in an online graphic novel
A digital adaptation of Nam Le’s (2008) print-born collection, The Boat is an interactive graphic novel created by Vietnamese-Australian artist Matt Huynh (2015), with both the written and visual narratives exploring the journey of a Vietnamese refugee (Mai) fleeing to Australia via a boat. Shared as a resource through SBS Learn (2021), The Boat hosts […]
Assessment 1 – From Brick to Blog
Assessment 1 – Online Reflection Task These colourful bricks were known as the iMac G3; and first appeared in my school when I was in Grade 6 (2003), upon the launch of its computer lab. Before their introduction, each classroom housed a single computer, a combinational cassette/CD player, and a television linked to a VCR. […]