Krystina S. Madej, Phd

ksmadej@sfu.ca
ksmadej@telus.net
http://www/sfu.ca/~krystina

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Presentations and Publications (1999 - 2009)

Conference Papers, Posters, Presentations (Peer Reviewed: R)

Lee, Newton, and Krystina Madej. “Disney Stories and Games – Making Technological Change a Reality.” Colloquium Series. School of Interactive Arts and Technology, SFU, Surrey, BC. January 2010.

“Lee, Newton, and Krystina Madej. “Disney Stories and Games – Making Technological Change a Reality.” Public Talk, Emily Carr University of Art And Design, Vancouver, BC. January 2010.

"Jane Johnson's Shoebox: Literacy Ephemera and Imaginative Teaching Strategies in the 1700s." 7th International Conference on Imagination and Education. Vancouver, Canada. July 2009. (R) “

"Early Story Experiences from Print to Web 2.0." Breaking the Boundaries: Radical Children's Literature Conference. UBC, Vancouver, Canada. April 2009. (R)

"Enculturation: Loss of story content and experience in the move from print to digital." Media, Communication and Humanity, 5th Anniversary Conference. London School of Economics, London, England. September 21-23, 2008. (R)

"Traditional Narrative Structure: not traditional so why the norm?" NILE 5th International Conference on Narrative and Interactive Learning Environments. Edinburgh, Scotland. August 6 - 8, 2008. (R)

"Characteristics of early narrative education (ages 4 - 6)." First Summer Institute on Imaginative Education. Simon Fraser University. Richmond, BC, Canada. July 7-9, 2008. (R)

"Early Narrative Experience: Social and Multimodal Interactions Inherent in Interactive Digital Environments." SIAT Research Colloquium. Simon Fraser University, School of Interactive Arts and Technology. Surrey, BC. January, 2008

"PageCraft: Learning in Context - A Tangible interactive storytelling platform to support early narrative development for young children." With Jim Budd, Jenna Stephens-Wells, Janice De Jong, Laura Mulligan and Ehren Katzur. International Conference on Interaction Design and Children/IDC'07. Aalborg, Denmark. June 2007. (R)

Budd, Jim, Krystina Madej, Jenna Stephens-Wells, Janice De Jong, Laura Mulligan and Ehren Katzur. "PageCraft: A tangible interactive storytelling platform to meet the needs of kids on the go." The MobileNation Conference and Workshop. Toronto, Canada. March 23, 2007

Budd, Jim, Krystina Madej, Jenna Stephens-Wells, Janice De Jong, Laura Mulligan and Ehren Katzur. "Exploring New Design Methods for Interactive Product Design." RGD Conference on Designing the User Experience. Ottawa, Canada. May 8, 2007.

"Early narrative experience creates positive segue into digital narrative play." ACE2006 International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technologies (SIGCHI). Poster/Demonstration. Hollywood, California. June 2006. (R)

"Children and early multiple narrative experiences: a segue to digital narrative play?"  The Third Annual International Conference in Computer Game Design and Technology.  Liverpool, England.  November 2005. (R)

"Technological Literacy: Effecting Change Through Policy."  Technology, Management, and Policy Graduate Consortium 4th Annual Meeting.  MIT, Cambridge, MA. June 2005. (R)

"Digital Narratives: Exploring interaction devices that engage/immerse and encourage the construction of meaning." Research Forum Presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA.  February 2005. (R)

"Meaning Construction in Children's Narrative: Evolution within the Digital Environment"  Digital Generations: Children, Young People and New Media.  The Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, Institute of Education, University of London. London, England.  July 2004. (R)

"Intent as a Factor in Designing the Hypermediated Narrative: Author-Audience Dialogue." ComSpace 2003 Creating Communicational Spaces: An International Conference Exploring Interpretation, Interaction, Negotiation, and Culture in the Creation of Meaning.  Edmonton, Canada.  May 2003. (R)

"Interactivity: Seamless Engagement." ePublishing Conference 2003: Changing Landscapes for Librarians and Authors.  Atlanta, Georgia.  February 2003 (R)

“Technology Street Smarts: We’re Teaching Thinking Here, Not Formatting:  Rhetoric as a significant component of web writing courses." Conference on College Composition and Communication.  Chicago, Illinois.  March 2002. (R)

 “From Old to New: Changing Technologies – What’s in Store for Authors.” ePublishing Conference 2002.: Changing Landscapes for Librarians and Authors. Atlanta, Georgia. March 2002 (R)

“Digital Storytelling for Children - Exploring the Possibilities.” KSU Master of Arts in Professional Writing Showcase. Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia.  April 2001

“Composing Ourselves into Online Communities: Writers Contributing, Critiquing, Connecting.” With Holly Dean, Carol Joy, Dawn Tolbert, Kathleen Snow.  Conference on College Composition and Communication.  Denver, Colorado. March 2001. (R)

“Towards Digital Literature for Children – Hypermedia Issues.”  Research Forum Presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, Colorado.  March 2001.

“Z-axis: Children’s Literature Moves Off the Printed Page into Electronic Space.” KSU Sixth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars. Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia.  March 2001

“Children’s Literature from Hornbook to eBook.” With Robert Williams. KSU Annual Conference on Literature for Children and Adolescents. Atlanta, Georgia. February 2001.  (R)

"Towards Digital Literature for Children." Poster, powerpoint presentation, computer demonstration.  Kennesaw State University Fifth Annual Symposium for Student Scholars. Atlanta, Georgia.  April 2000. 

Publications

"Engaging Imagination and Developing Creativity in Education" Egan, Kieran and Krystina Madej. eds. Cambridge Scholars Press: UK. (January 2010)

Madej, Krystina. Review of "Playing with Fire: How do computer games influence the player" by Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen & Jonas Heide Smith. Journal of International Communication. 15:2. 2009.

Egan, Kieran and Krystina Madej. "Learning in Depth: Students as Experts." Education Canada. 49.2 (2009): 18-23.

"Storytelling, New Technologies, and the Learning Process." Review of Inside Stories: A Narrative Journey by Judy Robertson, Lisa Gjedde, Ruth Aylett, Rose Luckin, and Paul Brna. Education Canada. 49.1. (2009): 59

"PageCraft: Learning in Context - A Tangible interactive storytelling platform to support early narrative development for young children." With Jim Budd, Jenna Stephens-Wells, Janice De Jong, Laura Mulligan and Ehren Katzur. MobileNation: Creating Methodologies for Mobile Platforms. Canadian Design Research Network and Riverside Architectural Press, 2007. 97-100

"Educating and Entertaining Through Narrative: A Historical Perspective" ACM Computers in Entertainment.  1.1 2003.

"Narrative: Making Meaning in Interactive Digital Environments." Simulation and Advanced Gaming Environments (SAGE) for Learning'  INE Collaborative Research Initiative project. Simon Fraser University. April 2004.

Plus conference proceedings for conference presentations in previous section.

 

Research Projects and Reports

"At Home with Games." In Characteristics of Early Narrative Experience: Connecting Print and Digital Game. Surrey: School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University. 2007.

The Dynamic of Young Children's Emerging Narrative Process. Unpublished Report. Surrey: School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University. 2006.

Interface and Imagery in Constructed Settings. Unpublished Report. Surrey: School of Interactive Arts and Technologies, Simon Fraser University. 2003.

Narrative and Games: Intersections. Unpublished Report. Surrey: School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University. 2003.

“Children's Digital Literature Today: A Survey. In Digital Storytelling for Children. Master’s Thesis. Kennesaw, Georgia: Kennesaw State University. 2001.

“Reading Stories: Books and Computers.” Literacy Observation In Digital Storytelling for Children. Master’s Thesis. Kennesaw, Georgia: Kennesaw State University. 2001

Writing in a Digital Environment: An Author Observation. Unpublished Report. Kennesaw, Georgia: Kennesaw State University. 2000.