Classroom Application
Both Wandi and Pink Rhino: Kids Animal Story offer opportunities for developing literacy through multimodal and comparative learning experiences.
In an upper primary classroom, Wandi could be used for literary analysis and transmediation tasks, where students reinterpret the story across modes, such as creating a short video retelling, digital poster, or podcast that explores Wandi’s emotions and the conservation themes.
This approach draws on Kress’s (2003) idea that meaning-making expands when learners shift information between modes, helping them build deeper comprehension and creativity.
In an early years or lower primary classroom, Pink Rhino can be used to support multimodal storytelling and digital literacy.
Teachers might encourage children to use the app collaboratively, discussing how sounds, images, and movement contribute to meaning.
Further activities could include drawing or role-playing parts of the story, allowing children to connect gestures and oral storytelling with digital experiences.
A comparative reading task using both texts could help students explore how similar messages, like empathy for animals, can be communicated differently through print and digital media.
This aligns with Burnett and Merchant’s (2020) emphasis on developing children’s textual repertoires across modes and media, preparing them to interpret and create meaning in today’s multimodal world.
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