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

Chapters

• 4 chapters currently available

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