Abstract

This article presents a case study of Australian secondary school students as co-creators of a dramatic pre-text, using online and mobile media to develop an improvisation-based drama that introduces a textual study. Integrating recognised dramatic conventions within a digital environment provides the tension, and drives the educational exploration of the resulting drama scenario. The techniques used for the development of the digital pre-text for this project are based on facilitator-generated online social networking and mobile media content. This approach generates the students' examination of mistaken identity as a platform for a classroom exploration of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." The implications for using such digital technologies in drama teaching with young people are then discussed. (Contains 1 figure.)

Citation

Carroll, J. & Cameron, D. (2009). Drama, Digital Pre-Text and Social Media. Research in Drama Education, 14(2), 295-312. Retrieved August 13, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/72666/.

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Keywords

• case studies
• Drama
• Dramatics
• Educational Media
• Foreign Countries
• Handheld Devices
• network analysis
• Production Techniques
• Secondary School Students
• social networks
• teaching methods
• Teleconferencing
• Video Technology