Hypertext and Hyperlinks

• Welcome back, Marians, to Reading and Writing Skills!
• Praised be Jesus and Mary!
• The event is scheduled for January 20-24, 2025.
• An opening prayer is offered to thank the Lord and Father for the day, protection, and love.
• The prayer asks for help to focus hearts and minds on learning, and guidance from the Holy Spirit.
• The learning targets include the following:
• Understanding how hyperlinks and multimedia influence text interpretation.
• Appreciating how texts reference and build on other works.
• Creating an informative text linking hyperlinks.

Hypertext

• Coined by Ted Nelson in 1985.
• Non-sequential writing that branches and allows choice.
• Best read at an interactive screen.
• A series of text chunks connected by links which offer different pathways.
• Hypertext uses hyperlinks, links that connect parts of the same page or provides access to another website.
• It uses hyperlinks, which connect parts of the same page or give access to another website.
• Hypertext is the foundation of the World Wide Web (www).
• It allows the reader to quickly access the information they need.
• It may contain images, audio, video, and other media.
• Examples of where one can find hypertexts include:
• Blogs
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Emails
• Interactive Literature

Advantages of Hypertext

• For citing references.
• Individualized learning (ie learner control).
• Highlights connection of ideas.

Intertext

• Intertext is text based on another text.
• Some properties of the original text are incorporated in the text that is created by another author
• Intertext can take the form of: -Retelling: restatement of a story, or re-expression of narrative -Quotation: directly lifting exact statements or sets of words from a text another author has written -Allusion: explicit or implicit references to an idea or passage found in another text without directly quoting it

Forming Evaluative Statements

• Critical reading as reasoning includes assertions and counterclaims.
• Regular Reading involves.
  • What the text literally states.
  • Understanding Information.
  • Passive face value.
  • Comprehending and enjoying the material.
• Critical reading involves:
  • what the text means.
  • Analyzing and evaluating information.
  • Active and reflective engagement.
  • Seeking deeper meaning and uncovering potential biases.
• Steps used in critical reading as reasoning: Identifying assertions, Formulating counterclaim, Determining evidence,
• Evaluative Statements: express sound judgment using reasoning and evidence, and highlight strengths, weaknesses, and are based on established criteria.

Assertions

• Declarative sentences that are one's beliefs about something.
• One can make an assertion without providing evidence.
• Here are forms of assertions:
  • Fact: can be proven objectively with direct experience, testimonies, verified observations, or results of research
  • Convention: is similar to traditions and norms, may appear factual but cannot be verified, using tradition, laws, rules, usage, and customs
  • Opinion: Based on facts, but is difficult to objectively verify, open for arguments.
  • Preference: States a personal choice, is subjective and cannot be objectively proven or logically attacked.
• "I prefer going for a run in the morning over going to the gym in the evening" is an example of preference.
• A closing prayer expresses gratitude for the presence of the Lord and asks for blessings throughout the day.
• The prayer also asks that learning and conversations are not forgotten, but continue to bear fruit in our studies.