Multimodal+Fiction+in+the+Classroom

=Multimodal Fiction in the Classroom=


 * //If people aren't taught the language of sound and images, shouldn't they be considered as illiterate as if they left college without being able to read and write?//** (Stephen Spielberg)


 * Top Resources for Examples of Classroom Tools and Multimodal Fiction by Adult Authors**

Links to tools and examples for teachers by Alan Levine

My Digital Fiction Page


 * Original Multimodal Fiction by K-12 School Aged Students**

Original Fan Fiction based on Inanimate Alice (on year 6 class wiki by Pascoevale PS)

[|Digi Ed Stop Motion video showcases]

[|Orange Class Showcase] (Martin Waller's year 2 class in the UK does 2D animation and more)

[|Messy Meaghan and Lovely Lilly] (stop-motion story by Willowbrook elementary children)

[|Disobedient Snow Children] (stop-motion story by Willowbrook middle-school Children)

[|iCann Festival de Cine] - samples of teen cinema
 * [|attack of the gnome]

Interactive hypertext stories by year 5 students: []


 * Lots of Mashups / Adaptations / Retellings**

Mark's Pokemon Journey: []

Create your own Myths and Legends: [] has numerous examples from kids, i.e.:
 * [|Tom's Mystery Adventure]

Mashups and Adaptations using Inanimate Alice: []

Romeo and Juliet machinima using Halo by kids for English assigment (there are a lot of these on youtube):
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Back Story for Talented Mr Ripley (acted): []

Cain and Abel Retelling (anime mashup - still images, video, audio voiceover): []

1984: English class assignment (filmed acting): []


 * Non-fiction Storytelling or Meta Storytelling**

Global Kid's Machinima: []

Voicethread Storytelling: []

Poetry Collaboration: http://poetrycollaboration.wikispaces.com/

Mabry Middle School Film Festival: [] has some multimodal non fiction

Visual Essay to describe thematic characteristic of Lord of the Flies: []


 * Pedagogy**

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[|How to use Digital Storytelling in the Classroom]

Adobe Digital Resources: []

Grazing for Digital Natives: Digital Storytelling

Storycooking with Ernie: [|http://gallery.mac.com/flickschool#100111/StoryCooking&bgcolor=black]

Storytelling from Images: []


 * Related Interesting Articles:**

[|BBC School Shoebox Stories]

[|Cannes for Kids]

[|DigiTales] - digital storytelling

[|The Magic of Digital Storytelling]