This is the class blog for Multimedia Lit Journal Entries. This course will focus on literature that allows the reader to use multiple senses to understand the text and “interactive” literature that forces the reader to be an active participant.
Monday, April 11, 2011
We tell Stories- Fariy Tales
This story is embedded with hyperlinks which allows the reader to choose the fate of the characters and story line. The story is about a king who acts harshly towards his peasant and her daughter. The Peasant owes him money which she does not have to give so he threatens to take her daughter. Her daughter's magical tears turned an ugly hen into a peacock and she is faced with a challenge of having to carry him up a mountain and singing to him. The peacock magically allowed the Peasant's daughter to sing beautifully. On her adventurous voyage she conflicted with goblins and wolves yet her voice seemed to send them all the sleep. She was confronted with a Goblin who wanted to know ewhere she got her beautfl voice, so she taught him a riddle. Finally reaching the gates in which she was set out to, she mets a Giant who challanges her to a fight in order to enter. She defeated the giant by steping on his foot and entered the gates. She sang for the Starmaker and was asked to stay at the palace forever. She was destined to become very rich but never see her parents ever again. The Starmarker reassured her that they would be safe but that the girl would never be able to see them again. She agreed to the Starmaker's offer and lived with him for the rest of her life. - This story has multimedia aspects because it is embedded with online resourses which allows the reader to become fully engaged in what they're reading.
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