http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/02/08/there-must-be-a-way-out-of-here/ A School Library Journal Blog Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/02/08/there-must-be-a-way-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-72 marc Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:18:01 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/02/08/there-must-be-a-way-out-of-here/#comment-72 or if, in a gaming environment, a book could have paths that kids could explore, tasks to do, challenges to overcome -- self exploration within a larger narrative created by the author or if, in a gaming environment, a book could have paths that kids could explore, tasks to do, challenges to overcome — self exploration within a larger narrative created by the author

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/02/08/there-must-be-a-way-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Amy Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:04:09 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/02/08/there-must-be-a-way-out-of-here/#comment-73 Wouldn't it be great if the DS and other portable gaming devices could handle downloadable books including art. Or perhaps more contracts and rights include downloadable formats more readily? Wouldn’t it be great if the DS and other portable gaming devices could handle downloadable books including art. Or perhaps more contracts and rights include downloadable formats more readily?

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/02/08/there-must-be-a-way-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-74 marc Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:08:12 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/02/08/there-must-be-a-way-out-of-here/#comment-74 Cheryl: yes you are so right -- illustrations in NF are a storyline in themselves -- the weave of text and art is like picturebooks, not magazine articles. Cheryl: yes you are so right — illustrations in NF are a storyline in themselves — the weave of text and art is like picturebooks, not magazine articles.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/02/08/there-must-be-a-way-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Cheryl Bardoe Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:13 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/02/08/there-must-be-a-way-out-of-here/#comment-75 It's important for designers of digital formats to realize that images in a nf book don't just repeat content that's already in the text. Visuals can operate as a storyline almost within themselves. They also create opportunities to examine parts of a story that deepen the book, but don't fit into the main text. It’s important for designers of digital formats to realize that images in a nf book don’t just repeat content that’s already in the text. Visuals can operate as a storyline almost within themselves. They also create opportunities to examine parts of a story that deepen the book, but don’t fit into the main text.

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