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iTellDigital storytelling
in the National Year of Reading
Dr Suzana SukovicHead of Learning Resource Centre, St.Vincent’s College,
Potts Point
SLA NSW - Capture the Evidence, King’s School, 15 September 2012
iTell Vanilla Conceptualised as collaboration. iTell Vanilla - basic project for all participants
AIMS
·To promote students’ engagement with a range of oral and written, historical and fictional texts in a variety of genres and media formats
·To promote transliteracy
·To contribute to students’ individual learning
·To promote an investigative and creative learning environment
·To critically evaluate any impact of the project
iTell Strawberry Participants can add their own ‘flavour’ to the project. At SVC - an opportunity to invigorate discussions about writing for new media, required skills and roles of a high school in students’ preparation for living and working in increasingly digital environments.
Methodology
Framework of action research
Research aims – to investigate:
•any development of students’ transliteracy skills during the project•students’ engagement with text and learning during the project•any effect of the project on students’ literacy skills.
Transliteracy is ‘the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks’ (Thomas et al, 2007). It is concerned ‘with mapping meaning across different media and not about developing particular literacies about various media’
(T. Ipri, 2010, ‘Introducing transliteracy: what does it mean to academic libraries?’, College & Research Libraries News, November, p.532)
Qualitative and quantitative data-gathering methods•Surveys of students and parents/caregivers•Ethnographic data gathering methods (observation, informal interviews and feedback from students and parents, all recorded in notes) •Work samples•School reports•Feedback from teachers
End 2011
Term 1 2012 (1 hour after school)
Presentation: Digital Humanities
Holidays end Term 1
Term 2 (longer workshops)
More presentations
SUNDAY WORKSHOP
iTell Reflection – photograph by Hannah Berekoven
Preliminary findings
Feedback from two usually disengaged students: surveys and notes at the beginning of iTell and evaluation of the project at end Term 2Development of
transliteracy skills •Promising results •Requires more research
Students’ engagement √
•Very promising•Importance of• collaborative learning• support for creativity• projects of personal
interest
Any effect of the project on students’ literacy skills & learning
•Seems to encourage interest in writing •Develops confidence
Issues•Scheduling •Students’ overcomittment•Different ability grouping across year groups
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Presentations of iTell
ALIA Research Committee 2012. Workshop Research for Practitioners: in a nutshell, at the State Library NSW, 10 July
Kennan, M.A., Howard, K., Haddow, G., Macauley, P., Sukovic, S., Hodge, D.
2012. ‘Demystifying research: practices and potentials – panel session’, presented at the Discovery, ALIA Biennial 2012 Conference, Hilton Sydney, 10-13 July
Sukovic, S. 2012. ‘iTell: Digital storytelling in the National Year of Reading’,
poster presented at the Annual Poster Presentation Lecture Evening (APPLE) at the Trinity Grammar School, 23 July
Sukovic, S. 2012. ‘Where is the forward button? Digital storytelling in secondary education’, poster presented at the Digital Humanities Australasia 2012: Building, Mapping, Connecting, 28-30 March at the Australian National University, Canberra, viewed 25 July 2012, https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/9005