Writing narratives: narrative flow
An effective multimedia resource can enhance student participation and retention rates within a classroom. The resource that represents both the positive and negative aspects of using interactive activities is “Writing narratives: narrative flow”. Furthermore, it allows students to explore the narrative structure and how to creatively imagine and create a story. This is coherent to syllabus outcomes (EN5-5C; EN4-3B; EN4-4B) (Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards [BOSTES], 2009) and relevant to stages 4 and 5 of the Australian education curriculum. Narrative flow is introduced through examples and guided by an evaluation after completing each task. Structurally, the first task is considerably easy as students are able to mix and match images to fix the jumbled story. The task progressively increases in difficulty as it reaches the final task, reflecting generative processing as students are challenged to process materials through complexity and cognitive stimulation (Mayer, 2014). The resource is notably engaging towards the end as it allows students to create their own stories. However, limiting in a sense of choice and creativity.
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The interactive writing activity is effective in terms of multimedia comprehension skills as Austin (2009) explains that the students have enhanced retention rates when studying resources with both pictorial and textual inclusions (Moreland, Dansereau and Chmielewski, 2007; as cited in Austin, 2009, p.1342). Indeed, Multimedia resources allow for higher participation rates within the classroom as students are “Less bored” (Moreno, 2014) when discussing technology-based lessons. This interactive resource, used correctly, can enhance student participation within classrooms and enhance student recollection of story