Nu Txt Same old stories?

Characteristics of new media Highly visual Speed is prized Less authoritarian Mobile Exchange/generation of content by users

Highly visual

Speed is prized

Less authoritarian

Mobile

Exchange/generation of content by users

The Text Book experiment Does a book group need to meet face to face? What would the most effective way of using mobile phone technology?

12 readers were give advance copies of Jill Dawson’s Wild Boy. Connected within a text message group the 12 readers were asked to send their thoughts on the novel over a two week period

Rachel: The dr gets even less sympathetic when Henri dies…but justb4 he is laughing at the party I was liking him. So don’t really get him yet

What did we learn? That readers were unused to sending out comments before finishing the book That they felt a pressure to join in That they felt challenged by the format That the experience was very immediate That they would take part again

That readers were unused to sending out comments

before finishing the book

That they felt a pressure to join in

That they felt challenged by the format

That the experience was very immediate

That they would take part again

128 project 16 teenagers are linked within a text message phone group. They are asked to send their thoughts on reading to each other. They can get automatic book recommendations sent to them via their phone.

16 teenagers are linked within a text message phone group.

They are asked to send their thoughts on reading to each other.

They can get automatic book recommendations sent to them via their phone.

Sample book recommendation Read ths! Hs it al - luv, advntur, fab peple, ideas bout How u survive in dangerous times. How I Live Now - Meg Rossof

Carrick: lovely bones was sad n so was Death & Life of Charlie St. Cloud bt both are quite girly Trinity: I agree with lovely bones it sad but you still carry with it

What did we learn? Ensure all teenagers have credit on their phones Keep any instructions simple That the group were wider read than we thought That they were confident expressing strong opinions That they liked the short recommendations

Ensure all teenagers have credit on their phones

Keep any instructions simple

That the group were wider read than we thought

That they were confident expressing strong opinions

That they liked the short recommendations

The Fastest Story In The West 6 email groups (6x 15, y9 pupils) 7 hours to create a story

6 email groups (6x 15, y9 pupils)

7 hours to create a story

The Last Dragon 3 envelopes containing different beginnings Each group has a facilitator,and a scribe

3 envelopes containing different beginnings

Each group has a facilitator,and a scribe

The Last Dragon Each group has only 45 minutes for their part of the story. Each group has complete control over their section of the story.

Each group has only 45 minutes for their part of the story.

Each group has complete control over their section of the story.