“How can you tell a story in a game and have it be school-appropriate, while simultaneously making the student think about the implications of what they enjoy playing?”
Transmedia in Schools and Libraries: Thoughts and Strategies from Tyler Weaver
By on February 7, 2013
Transmedia in Schools and Libraries: Thoughts and Strategies from Tyler Weaver
By on February 7, 2013
Teaching Transmedia with Comics: A Conversation with Tyler Weaver
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YALSA’s YA Lit Symposium Considers Fandom, Contemporary Fiction and Transmedia
By on November 14, 2012 2 Comments
What are the next big trends for teenage readers? Fandom, contemporary fiction, Australian lit, and transmedia, according to experts leading panels on these subjects at the third biennial YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium in St. Louis, MO, held November 4-6.
“Convergence,” DIY Transmedia, and Librarians
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A Lesson about Text and Toys from a Franchise No One Likes
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Talking Transmedia with Laura Fleming
By on June 21, 2012
“As a school librarian, I feel I have a responsibility to teach my students how to read and write across media and to provide a learning environment that allows for the freedom to think about story in less conventional ways.”
Talking Transmedia with Nick DeMartino
By on June 20, 2012
Ready for some more transmedia-flavored food for thought? Well, as a follow-up to yesterday’s Q&A with media specialist Andy Plemmons and as an additional supplement to the transmedia piece in this month’s magazine, here’s a slightly extended conversation with Nick DeMartino, one of the true thought leaders in the field. I became familiar with his [...]
Talking Transmedia with Andy Plemmons
By on June 19, 2012
“As media specialists collaborate with teachers to create transmedia, it is important for teachers to have some mentor transmedia “texts” to offer students in writing workshops just as they offer picture books or chapter book selections.”
Every Platform Tells A Story
By on June 15, 2012 Leave a Comment
I’m on my way to visit Susan Cooper on an unseasonably warm day in mid-February. As my car cruises along, about 45 minutes south of Boston, low tide reveals miles of untouched marshland. I drive across a short causeway, creep down an unpaved lane, and suddenly I’m staring at the exquisite home that Cooper built a couple of years ago.
