Credits & Acknowledgements
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SITES FOR INTERACTION:1) Students can access a variety of sources on the Internet that allow them to add to or change text both for fiction and expository texts. For example, they can add to the Neverending Tale on http://www.coder.com/creations/tale/ They can access a wide variety of information on an interactive Internet encyclopedia called Wikipedia. In addition, they can add to or edit definitions they find. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction 2) Even young children have access to a variety of interactive computer experiences as mentioned in the Leferver-Davis & Pearman (2005) article on CD-ROM storybook features. In addition, many opportunities exist on web sites for children to experiment with Interactive Fiction, such as: http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main  WEB SITES FOR EXPLORATION:1) This site describes storytelling in the electronic age from both modern and post-modern perspectives. The authors describe how Interactive Fiction changes the modern set of values for reading into a postmodern framework because of these attributes: "thinking outside the box--or rejecting the notion of boxes altogether; cooperative problem solving, tolerance for ambiguity, uncertainty, open-endedness; and, associative rather than linear (logical) thinking." http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/hyperfiction/ This site also provides an explanation of hypertext, curriculum links and children's work. 2) If you access this hyperlink, you will enter a webquest about hyperfiction. http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/webquests/hyperfiction 3) Learn to play, study and write Interactive Fiction on this site. http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/index/html |
