Download - Inanimate Alice talk @ Bett 2012
Danny Nicholsonwww.whiteboardblog.co.uk
http://www.inanimatealice.com/film_hd.html
What is it?
• http://www.inanimatealice.com• 'Inanimate Alice' is a multimedia, interactive
narrative • Through text, sound, images, music and games,
the story of Alice unfolds, beginning in a remote area of China when Alice is eight years old.
• Each of the ten episodes become increasingly interactive and game-like, reflecting Alice's own developing skills as a game designer and animator.
Who made it?• Written and directed by the award-winning
novelist Kate Pullinger and pioneering digital artist Chris Joseph
• Based on a movie screenplay and game concept by series producer Ian Harper.
A Digital Novel
• High quality text• Interactive• Multimedia• Episodic• New-media• Digital generation• Available in English, French, German, Italian
and Spanish
Transmedia
• A story that unfolds over time and on multiple platforms
• A sweeping narrative accessible by all
• Students are encouraged to co-create developing episodes of their own, either filling in the gaps or developing new strands
Ways of using it
• Analyse as an example of a digital novel• Alice as a character• Inspire own digital storytelling -> ICT links• Social studies / PSHE issues• Use in other languages Fr/Ger/Span (&EAL)• Graphic design
From Margo Edgar and Kate Story http://www.slideshare.net/pvps/charts
From http://www.slideshare.net/pvps/charts
See http://aliceandfriends.wikispaces.com for examples of Alice stories made by students
Support materials
• Inanimate Alice Teachers Guide– http://www.inanimatealice.com/education– Teaching materials
• Promethean Planet Website– Support materials– User Group
• Other sites:– http://aliceandfriends.wikispaces.com/– https://www.facebook.com/InanimateAlice
Promethean Flipchart
Tips for using in the classroom
• http://bit.ly/alicetips
• Danny Nicholson• www.whiteboardblog.co.uk