E-literature for Children Enhancing Digital Literacy Learning [Paperback]

As ICT continues to grow as a key resource in the classroom, this book helps students and teachers to get the best out of e-literature, with practical ideas for work schemes for children at all levels. 

Len Unsworth draws together functional analyses of language and images and applies them to real-life classroom learning environments, developing pupils understanding of text. The main themes include:

• What kinds of literary narratives can be accessed electronically?
• How can language, pictures, sound and hypertext be analysed to highlight the story?
• How can digital technology enhance literary experiences through web-based 'book talk' and interaction with publishers' websites?
• How do computer games influence the reader/ player role in relation to how we understand stories?

1. Children's Literature and Literacy in the Electronic Age  2. Describing how Images and Text Make Meanings in E-literature  3. Learning Through www Context of Book-Based Literary Narratives  4. Classic and Contemporary Children's Literature in Electronic Formats  5. Emerging Digital Narratives and Hyperfiction for Children and Adolescents  6. Electronic Game Narratives: Resources for literacy and literary development  7. Practical Programs Using E-literature in Classroom Units of Work This book is a timely resource for teachers who are searching for meaningful examples of new media narratives to supplement their teaching of childrens literature. -- Angela Thomas, E-Learning, 2008

Len Unsworth is Associate Professor in English and Literacy Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Sydney.