From Paul Constant Stranger Blog: Fast Company has reviewed a kids' book for the iPad called The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. It's created by former designer for Pixar named William Joyce, and the trailer is fantastic. The review allays some of my fears about the book. Especially this sentence: "...the interface design is so subtle it wasn't until I was about six pages in that I realized that every page of the app has some delightful feature embedded into it that you have to find for yourself." This is a problem we're going to have to confront sooner or later: Designers shouldn't make an e-book too much like a movie or a TV show, but they should clearly have a reason to make the e-book a digital experience. And an ideal e-book will warrant many re-readings; with a digital canvas, the story should be able to stretch and contract as much as a reader wants. This looks like a solid first step.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664419/an-ex-pixar-designer-creates-astounding-kids-book-on-ipad
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marinarai know i'm way too cynical, but how is a videogame (isn't it?) about books going the help kids read
hpqpThis looks excellent! (where are those power points when you need them?)
Also: *animation and *music
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westy>> ^marinara:
i know i'm way too cynical, but how is a videogame (isn't it?) about books going the help kids read
I would not class it as a video game , its just a more modern version of books with popup pages and things to do in them. the activities in it are more "toys" than "games" not that that's a negative thing.
this would help kids to read by making reading which on the face of it is incredibly dull more interesting , you have to remember that reading is utter shit and a chore until it comes naturally , what is entertaining about reading is the content within the writing not the process of converting letters and words into meaning.
Toys/books like this can be enjoyable in themselves and can also help people get through the initial part of reading thats not fun getting people to the a level of comprehension that will then allow them to enjoy deeper stories or novels faster.
Theeming this thing around books allso helps promote the idea that books are fun and not something asoceated with the choir of traditional shitty school learning , father encouraging children to pick up more complex books later on.
People also learn tasks allot faster if they are enjoying themselves whilst they learn.
TrancecoachIs this not the thing that Tom Hanks pitches in the business meeting at the end of the movie, BIG?
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