Moving Beyond Boundaries – Narrative Learning in the Digital Era
We are delighted to share great news. The Reading Observatory has selected the story app Mobeybou in Angola for reading. This organization recommends works by evaluating the quality of the text, illustrations, graphic design, approach to innovative themes, and creativity.https://caminhosdeleitura.pt/sugestoes-de-leitura-2024/: Reading Observatory
On April 4th, we welcomed around 70 3rd cycle and secondary school students to the University of Minho. They participated in the activity ‘Discovering narratives: come and challenge your creativity’. This was part of UPA – UMinho Portas Abertas.
During the session, the students explored the Mobeybou materials. They used digital apps and the StoryMaker. It was a fun journey through the world of story creation and interculturality.
The result was very positive! Between apps, characters, and plots, the students were very involved in this experience. Rodrigo, from Year 9, summed it up well:
‘It’s very easy to create stories and it combines culture and fun very well.’
The teachers who accompanied the classes were delighted. They said they would continue to work with the materials in class.
No passado dia 4 de abril, recebemos cerca de 70 alunos do 3.º ciclo e do Ensino Secundário na Universidade do Minho para a atividade “À descoberta das narrativas: vem desafiar a tua criatividade”, integrada no UPA — UMinho Portas Abertas.
Durante a sessão, os alunos exploraram os materiais Mobeybou — desde as apps digitais ao StoryMaker — numa viagem divertida pelo mundo da criação de histórias e da interculturalidade. A atividade foi dinamizada pela investigadora Cristina Sylla, com as bolseiras Andreia Couto e Linda Ferreira, no âmbito do projeto Era uma Vez.
O resultado foi muito positivo! Entre apps, personagens e enredos, os alunos ficaram muito envolvidos nesta experiência. O Rodrigo, do 9º ano, resumiu bem:
“É muito fácil de criar histórias e combina muito bem a cultura e a diversão.”
Também as professoras que acompanharam as turmas ficaram encantadas e disseram que vão continuar a trabalhar com os materiais nas aulas.
Lots of fun with the high school students in the workshop at the University’s summer camp! see the video!
On the 21st of February, we had the pleasure of presenting our illustration and animation work at UIVO’s closing event at Fórum da Maia. UIVO is an annual illustration exhibition that gathers the work of national and some international artists and explores the different dimensions of the practice. This year, Gabriela Sá and Ana Paula Caruso – the Mobeybou’s illustrator and animator, respectively – were selected through an open call process to present the visuals they developed for the Mobeybou products. The presentation focused on the constraints and rules of developing visuals for an interactive platform, the relationship between illustrator and animator, and the collaborative process that involves the whole team.
The visual presentation can be found here.
Mobeybou organized a workshop for kindergarten children during the “Semana da Leitura” event at the University of Minho. The children played with the new Mobeybou wireless blocks, the previous Mobeybou system and the Mobeybou in India app. It was great fun and we had extraordinarily positive feedback both from the children and the teachers, who didn’t want to leave. The most enjoyed features in the Mobeybou in India app were the 360º page and the Augmented Reality Experience.
