Comments on: KidLitCon 2011, Part I http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/2011/09/25/kidlitcon-2011-part-i/ by Elizabeth Burns Fri, 17 May 2013 15:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Michelle http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/2011/09/25/kidlitcon-2011-part-i/#comment-86097 Michelle Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:42:42 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/?p=3018#comment-86097 I'm excited for the potential of transmedia storytelling. I'm so curious to see how effective it is with younger readers. It's clearly right up their ally but wonder if they'll latch on to the all the electronic "extras" and still bypass the book. I suppose if crafted in a specific way there isn't really the potential to enjoy the electronic portions without having read the book though. Either way I think this is a great step in an interesting direction. One that I (as an educational technologist) watch with great anticipation. I’m excited for the potential of transmedia storytelling. I’m so curious to see how effective it is with younger readers. It’s clearly right up their ally but wonder if they’ll latch on to the all the electronic “extras” and still bypass the book. I suppose if crafted in a specific way there isn’t really the potential to enjoy the electronic portions without having read the book though. Either way I think this is a great step in an interesting direction. One that I (as an educational technologist) watch with great anticipation.

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]]> By: Liz B http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/2011/09/25/kidlitcon-2011-part-i/#comment-83587 Liz B Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:39:09 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/?p=3018#comment-83587 Jackie, right now, my last one is schedule for October 1st. Can you beat that? Anne, my niece adores making the tea. Won't drink but loved adding water, steeping it, measuring, etc. I think some reviewers get too caught up in "does it stand alone" for books, in a way I usually don't see for films. Jackie, right now, my last one is schedule for October 1st. Can you beat that?

Anne, my niece adores making the tea. Won’t drink but loved adding water, steeping it, measuring, etc. I think some reviewers get too caught up in “does it stand alone” for books, in a way I usually don’t see for films.

]]> By: Anne http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/2011/09/25/kidlitcon-2011-part-i/#comment-82757 Anne Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:16:07 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/?p=3018#comment-82757 Thanks so much for the mention! Alas, I'm terrified of making my fancy Asian teas for fear I'll mess it up anyway. Your summaries of the two sessions is fantastic ... now I'm wondering why I bothered to take my own notes. I think for transmedia storytelling, maybe it makes sense for reviewers to find common qualities to critique across media. We have film reviews and book reviews and theatre reviews already ... and they all pretty much look at story and character and the quality of the writing. Then you toss in special criteria for the filmmaking or acting or the art/illustrations. I think that's where many book reviewers start to feel out of their depths. But I don't see why bloggers feel they need to reinvent the wheel. If you can go to a movie and say "Ugh, that was so dumb," why couldn't you do that with the video part of a transmedia story? I think it's more a matter of confidence and practice, but that's my $0.02. Thanks so much for the mention! Alas, I’m terrified of making my fancy Asian teas for fear I’ll mess it up anyway. Your summaries of the two sessions is fantastic … now I’m wondering why I bothered to take my own notes. I think for transmedia storytelling, maybe it makes sense for reviewers to find common qualities to critique across media. We have film reviews and book reviews and theatre reviews already … and they all pretty much look at story and character and the quality of the writing. Then you toss in special criteria for the filmmaking or acting or the art/illustrations.

I think that’s where many book reviewers start to feel out of their depths. But I don’t see why bloggers feel they need to reinvent the wheel. If you can go to a movie and say “Ugh, that was so dumb,” why couldn’t you do that with the video part of a transmedia story? I think it’s more a matter of confidence and practice, but that’s my $0.02.

]]> By: Jackie Parker http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/2011/09/25/kidlitcon-2011-part-i/#comment-82748 Jackie Parker Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:00:51 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/teacozy/?p=3018#comment-82748 Ach. You beat me. But this feels like the first of multiple posts. so perhaps I'll finish first yet. Ach. You beat me. But this feels like the first of multiple posts. so perhaps I’ll finish first yet.

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