Eli the Dragonfly

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Eli the Dragonfly Hand Puppet

Multilocus developed ‘Eli the Dragonfly’ for the Catholic Education Office of Western Australia. Eli is the first Australian developed English as a Second Language CD-ROM for lower primary school students. Based on the Fostering English Language In Kimberley Schools (FELIKS) approach the CD-ROM aims to increase student awareness of Standard Australian English (SAE) and focuses specifically on features that cause difficulty for Aboriginal students.

During the early development phase of the Eli project the idea for a hand puppet was conceived to assist teachers to move Eli from the computer into the classroom. The CEO undertook to develop the puppet in-house. They were unhappy with the prototypes so Multilocus offered to design and manufacture the puppet.

Now Eli is a much sought after item - and not only by children!