Author Jacqueline Harvey is behind the Alice-Miranda series. I recently heard of her interactive reading project while completing an Apple iPad course that was being facilitated by Catholic Learning Online.
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Harvey created a learning journal that is based on her book Alice-Miranda in the Outback and was used as an example of digital storytelling. While the novel is a printed book, the activities set around the novel are digital in nature.
To maximise the learning experience, the learning journal can be completed on an iPad using Pages software. However pdf worksheets can be printed off if iPads are not available.
I have looked at the activities, and I think you could incorporate the activities featured in the novel to any novel that is being studied in class.
Even though I may be secondary trained, there is great scope to embed this at secondary level and make the study of a novel more engaging for students.
