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Oh, All That Annoying Movie Marketing: A Chat with Critic Eric D. Snider
"Young people are pretty savvy about marketing...They don't consider something 'bad' or 'annoying' just because it's marketing, the way many of us in the previous generation did."
Jane Austen, Edtech, and the Promise of ‘Theatrics’
"A narrative experience like 'The Lizzie Bennet Diaries' is compelling in part because of the great bones of Austen’s story and characters, for sure. But equally compelling is the story form, the opportunity for consumers to engage deeply with those characters..."
Welcoming ‘Sanditon’…and a Whole New Level of Fan Participation
"Fans will not only have the opportunity to interact with the story, but actually be a part of it."
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Q: How to Connect Critical Thinking, Research, and Information Literacy? A: Fandom
The task for educators is not to drain this sense of open-ended exploration from student-fans but rather to make sure that it is accompanied by the Jiminy Cricket-like voice of critical literacy...
Expanding a Book’s Universe
Together we looked for ‘cheese holes’, or spaces in the story that allow the audience to participate in, contribute further to, and augment the original story using their own intelligence and imagination.
Learning About the Holocaust Through ‘Schindler’s List’ and IWitness
"One of the students said to me, 'You know IWitness is kind of like a cross between a library and YouTube.'"
Transmedia in Schools and Libraries: Thoughts and Strategies from Tyler Weaver
"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?"
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