How might we use storytelling to demonstrate the power of our games to affect change?
Imagine your game as a story -- as someone going through the experiences your game suggests are truths for the people of Franklin County. Write a roughly two to three page narrative in which you use narrative techniques such as subplots, parallel plots, mood, tone and/or multiple themes to illustrate your understanding of people's needs in Franklin County via the gameplay of your Games That Matter design challenge. Your story must also demonstrate effective MUGS and reveal the depth of your empathy work and discovery research into the challenges of Franklin County.
With the hectic and irregular schedule before February break, I thought it might be helpful to write up a blog post that captures where we are at in English 9. There is a LOT of info here.
Anything with a B* should be posted on your class blog and linked on the English 9 blog tracker.
PERSONAL BRAND.
By the time we reach mid-April, you will be ready to make your personally branded website/blog go live. Between now and then, you have to develop some content. Experiment with your design. Empathize with your potential audience and figure out what you want to do.
Complete the organizer and post the completed organizer on your blog.
b. Mood Board. (Examples from Lorri Brown in English 9 OUT Folder) B*
Complete a mood board for your personal brand and post it on your blog.
c. Weekly content for your personal brand. B*
Video? Images? Audio? Writing? You choose based on what you're establishing as your brand.
Week of 3/3/07 B*
Week of 3/10/07 B*
Week of 3/17/07 B*
Week of 3/25/07 B*
You will choose the best of your content to use as a demonstration of content standards. (Writing/Media-Presentation/MUGS-Language)
MARKETING AND STORYTELLING
Understanding Stories
a. Use the 100WordStory.org selections to explore the story cycle.
Complete 2 story cycle graphic organizers. (In English 9 OUT Folder)
Place in your English 9 personal IN folders.
b. Complete the Comparison Matrix graphic organizer and watch the three branded content videos.
Write a blog post in which you find another example of branded content, explain what is being advertised, discuss the effectiveness of the ad and how well it tells a story. B*
b. Read 1 short story/memoir/poem per class and complete notice/wish/wonder organizers. (Notice/Wish/Wonder in English 9 OUT Folder) (Put Finished
(I will update as we offer up more options.)
You'll start with using NoRedInk.com There you will find a new pre-quiz. Take it.
You will also find three new assignments. If you score less than a 90% on the pre-quiz? Complete them.
After this, you will be sketchnoting and/or infographic creating. Your topic? According to the sources provided, and others you might look up on your own, what are the vital components of effective storytelling?
Here's one such source.
Here's the link to the others. There are many and I don't recommend going through them in order.
Your sketchnote and/or infographic should include at least three components and no more than six. The intention there is to really focus on what is key -- rather than every piece of advice out there.
If you want to create an infographic, I recommend using http://piktochart.com/ to do your work.
This is due today in class.
When you complete it, you have the rest of the class to finish your Portland Tale which is due on Thursday.
HOMEWORK.
BLOG.
Req'd Post. 5 Card Flickr. Go Here. Use this website and the 5 Card Flickr process to create a 5 Card Flickr about a story from your life that relates one of these emotions: joy, fear, anger, sadness
