[Crosstalk] HyperStudio Talk: Harlequin Leaps the Digital Divide, Friday, December 5, 2008, 12:00 - 2:00 pm, Room 14E-310

[Kurt Fendt]

HyperStudio Talk

Harlequin Leaps the Digital Divide
Flap Books and Multi-modal Engagement
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh

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Friday December 5th, noon - 2 pm
Lecture, lunch, and discussion
Room 14E-310
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Interactive design, transmedia narration, participatory learning,  
multi-modal engagement – 18th-century flap books are a surprisingly  
versatile medium!  As part of HyperStudio's ongoing lunch discussion  
series, Jacqueline Reid-Walsh will trace the links between early  
interactive book design and "new" digital learning tools, offering new  
insight into both media history and contemporary digital culture.

Associate professor of Education, Language, and Literacy Education at  
Penn State, Jacqueline Reid-Walsh's research interests include  
historical children's literature and culture, children's and youth  
popular culture, comparative media literacy and girlhood studies. A  
literary historian working with theoretical lenses drawn from cultural  
studies, children's studies, and feminist studies, she has co-edited  
and co-authored several books. Her most recent book is Girl Culture:  
An Encyclopedia (2007). She is also a founding editor of a new journal  
called Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. She has a joint  
appointment with the Department of Women's Studies.

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