It’s oh so easy to overlook what’s happening online—and if librarians, educators, and parents don’t notice it, why on Earth should kids?
Every Platform Tells a Story: Transmedia has the power to make any topic more vivid and personal
By on June 1, 2012 1 Comment
Transmedia isn’t just a new buzzword that belongs to academics or high-priced media consultants. It’s an approach to storytelling that boasts a range of potential curricular applications that applies to literacy and the content areas.
Digital Comics in Libraries: Q&A on Library Edition from ComicsPlus, and Keeping Tabs on Cost Per Circ
By on April 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
The nonprofit Reading With Pictures (RWP), helmed by the ebullient Josh Elder, has partnered with digital comics distributor iVerse Media to set up ComicsPlus: Library Edition, a new service allows libraries to circulate a wide selection of digital comics with both user-friendly and library friendly features.
Early Newbery Winners Pose a Challenge to Nerdbery Participants
By on April 10, 2012 5 Comments
“The early books are really, really rough,” says school librarian John Schumacher, who helped launch the online Nerdbery Challenge. “They’re completely dreadful. They’re really long. They’re just not very good.”
Keep Good Searches from Going Bad
By on January 25, 2012 Leave a Comment
When students make a beeline for Google, these tips can improve their experience.
Visual Storytelling Site Cowbird
By on January 16, 2012 Leave a Comment
Telling a brief story around a single photograph seems like such a simple idea. Add to that a sharing element and you think: another clever web platform. But there’s a lot more to Cowbird.
SLJ’s Top Ten 2011: Technology
By on December 2, 2011 1 Comment
These picks aren’t so much about products, things you should run out and buy, but rather the overarching concepts that’ll potentially shape and be shaped by our collective imagination.
Transmedia Trailblazers: SLJ Reviews Six Multiplatform Titles
By on November 16, 2011 1 Comment
These transmedia titles—including Pottermore—operate on a variety of platforms to support and extend the reading experience and tantalize tech-savvy youngsters who like to spend their leisure time plugged in.
NYPL Patrons Get Access to Video Seminars Being Offered at Ivy League Schools
By on November 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
Read Beyond the Lines: Transmedia has changed the very notion of books and reading
By on November 4, 2011 5 Comments
How to get kids reading? Don’t try so hard to stand out, says best-selling author Patrick Carman, who makes a case for meeting teens halfway.
