Interactive Novels

While reading this week’s reading I was pretty excited to see how the using of hyperlinks in reports, or stories can allow students to be more engaged.  By allowing students to click on hyperlinks in a work, it enables them to better understand what they are reading.  I instantly thought of how much I loved finding Interactive Novels online.  These stories allow a student to find or even pick their own story line.  If a reader chooses a certain ending to the chapter it will jump them to a different story line than if they picked on the other option.  Authors of these works use hypertexts that the reader can click on to continue the story.  It allows the audience to continuously be engaged through/within the whole story.  This type of story can also be titled interactive fiction.  Not only are hyperlinks included but sometimes visuals as well.  Images, or small video clips will also aid in the understanding of the story line.  My little sister is always finding new stories online to look at and she loves it!  She likes to read plain books, but when she's clicking away she has more fun at being active in her reading than simply sitting down.  For a young energetic group, these forms of novels are perfect to get a child interested.  They allow for a "choose your own" style of reading.