2. What is transmedia
storytelling?
How does it facilitate
literacy and
learning?
Transmedia
Storytelling
How can it be used
in libraries and
classrooms?
How does it align to
learning standards?

3. What is transmedia
storytelling?
“integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across
multiple delivery channels for the purpose of creating a unified and
coordinated entertainment experience”
–Henry Jenkins

4. Movie elements
Transmedia storytelling
consists of a convergence
of media elements in a
single narrative space.
Gaming elements
Text
Images
Sound or music
Transmedia
storytelling

5. Inanimate Alice
An exemplary of transmedia storytelling, a digital born novel.

7. How does transmedia
storytelling facilitate literacy
and learning?
What is literacy anyway?

9. 7 literacies of
transmedia
storytelling
Game literacy
Multimodal literacy
Digital literacy
Media literacy
Visual literacy
Information
literacy
Critical
literacy

10. How can transmedia
storytelling be used in
libraries and classrooms?
Transmedia storytelling can be used as a central theme for acrossthe-curriculum lessons and activities much in the same way as
print novels have traditionally been used.

11. Transmedia storytelling
inspires maker activities
0 Digital storytelling
0 Coding (Code Academy)
0 Mash ups (Mozilla Webmaker)
0 Game making (Scratch)
0 Digital posters (Glogster)
0 Blogs
0 Wikis

12. How does transmedia
storytelling align to learning
standards?

13. ISTE NETS
AASL
1. Inquire, think
critically and gain
knowledge.
1. Creativity and
Innovation
2. Research and
Information Fluency
4. Critical Thinking,
Problem Solving, and
Decision Making
6. Technology
Operations and
Concepts
Common Core
See English
Language Arts
Crosswalk - Standard
1
(http://www.ala.org
/aasl/standardsguidelines/crosswal
k/ela/think)

14. NTEQ Model
0 The NTEQ model can be used to integrate transmedia
storytelling into lessons.
0 www.nteq.com