Inanimate Alice
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Inanimate Alice
Set in a technology saturated near future, Inanimate Alice tells the story of a girl called Alice, merging text with animation, videos, music and games. View the trailer.
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I am having trouble viewing Episode 3. It won't seem to download on my computer, but the other episodes do. Help?- Jun 3, 2013
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Can Inanimate Alice be used with year 10 students?
- May 31, 2013
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Randi Downs - As I look through, it seems more geared to middle grades?
- May 31, 2013
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Ms. McGraw - It can definitely be used with older students - I have used it with grade 9 to explore the concept of 'digital storytelling', and with year 10 to discuss use of sound in multimodal texts.
- Jun 3, 2013
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Ms. McGraw - NB: Alice gets older in each episode - you could also do some text intervention & creative writing around what Alice is like as a teenager and/or adult.
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Randi Downs - Thank you! And that kind of fits with the concept of Transmedia Literacy, which I am thinking of exploring with students next year, as well as digital storytelling as a genre. Thanks!
- Jun 3, 2013
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Inanimate Alice: Her Unexpected Rise from Marketing Tool to Pedagogical Blockbuster- May 14, 2013
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Looking forward to the #nycslsexplore2013 tomorrow. Be sure to visit @InanimateAlice and say hello! Excited to talk remixing Inanimate Alice episodes with @cynthiajabar
- May 14, 2013
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Lifeboards inspired by Inanimate Alice in Wales
- May 13, 2013
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Mrs. Varey - I love inanimate Alice. We have responded to it by creating Powerpoints with hyperlinks to make a choose your own adventure in the style of IA.
- May 14, 2013
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Excited to see Inanimate Alice's own Kate Pullinger to be the keynote speaker at the AATE & ALEA 2013 Conference!
- May 13, 2013
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Ms. McGraw - Getting so excited here in Australia to see Kate soon!
- May 30, 2013
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Join Inanimate Alice at the New York Public Library on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 for their Annual Spring Conference Exploratorium!
- May 7, 2013
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Check out the new Inanimate Alice references on Scootle.
- May 7, 2013
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Alice hides with Tilly because she doesn't want to leave Australia in the final photo story adventure in the series, now available for free at http://www.inanimatealice.edu.au along with all the digital assets and teaching activities. Enjoy. :)
- Apr 27, 2013
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Alice turns up in Kong Kong! A great explanation of Alice's game-like environment thanks to the British Council.
- Apr 27, 2013
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Bacana- Apr 27, 2013
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Transmedia experiences, such as following the digital novel “Inanimate Alice,” are integral because they help students dig deeply into narratives that interest them, and encourage media engagement as well as visual and oral literacy.
- Apr 26, 2013
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We're seeing Edmodo classes connecting with Alice, one after another, all day long. That's great! Tell us how you're doing. Let us know what we can do to help.
- Apr 12, 2013
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Mr. Arbuckle - I'm extremely lucky to be working in a 1:1 iPad learning environment. Unfortunately however, we cannot view Inanimate Alice on the iPads due to your story being in flash as opposed to HTML5. As more and more schools are moving to an iPad environment, due you foresee yourself publishing your amazing work in the HTML5 format?
- Apr 24, 2013
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Inanimate Alice - Many thanks for your comments, Andrew. Subject to funding, we will be reworking the Inanimate Alice episodes so that they are available for all devices. We have done some work on Episode 5 in this format and the results are exciting. It isunfortunate that you cannot access the series right now, but you can grab the magazine version of the Australia Season on iPad........have you looked at this?
Inanimate Alice - Many thanks for your comments, Andrew. Subject to funding, we will be reworking the Inanimate Alice episodes so that they are available for all devices. We have done some work on Episode 5 in this format and the results are exciting. It isunfortunate that you cannot access the series right now, but you can grab the magazine version of the Australia Season on iPad........have you looked at this?
http://www.inanimatealice.edu.au/
We'll be glad to hear what you think of that as an iPad resource.
http://www.inanimatealice.edu.au/
We'll be glad more... less...- Apr 24, 2013
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Mr. Arbuckle - Thank you so much for your quick response. The magazine component sounds great and I'm definitely going to check it out. I'm also excited to hear that the whole series will soon be available for all devices. Do you have any idea of when this update will be happening?
- Apr 27, 2013
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Inanimate Alice - Unfortunately, no, we do not have a launch date for the all devices versions. The 'subject to funding' caveat, is an ever-present concern. We are in the midst of discussions and as soon as we have any news we will be sure to make an announcement.
- Apr 27, 2013
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Some great approaches to the series and interpreting a digital narrative
- Apr 10, 2013
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Ms. McGraw - Thanks for sharing :) This is a useful lesson sequence to show to other English teachers.
- May 11, 2013
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Just heard about this ina teacher's seminar. I'm thinking of using it to entice my kids to write about what they think of each story, maybe throw in a few open ended questions to start it off. I think these stories will engage them!
- Apr 5, 2013
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Inanimate Alice - Great, check out these tips for getting started and be sure to keep us posted! :) http://community.prometheanplanet.com/en/blog...
- Apr 10, 2013
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Alice prepares for a breath-taking trip from New Zealand to Antarctica in 'The Best Journey' - the penultimate Alice in Australia Photo Story Adventure, available now at http://www.inanimatealice.edu.au
Enjoy the story as a musical slideshow sequence, a graphic novel-style publication, and mash up your own version by downloading and remixing all the digital assets.- Mar 31, 2013
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We need your help!
We are coming to the end of Season 1: Alice in Australia and are much in need of feedback whether this storytelling approach is working before we ask Alice to adventure further. We are looking for comments from teachers and parents as well as students to tell us what is working and equally, what can we do differently and better.
There are so many questions arising. Here are a few pointers:
1) Is the story enjoyable in this multiple format delivery?
2) How about the pacing - one story per month for a year - does that provide benefits?
3) Are the digital components - scripts, images, music tracks, graphics - of value to you?
4) What about the printable sheets - are you using them?
5) Are you using Snappy? Tell us how it is working for you.
6) What can we do differently......and better.
All comments are most welcome. We need your evidence!
Many thanks, Ian
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We are coming to the end of Season 1: Alice in Australia and are much in need of feedback whether this storytelling approach is working before we ask Alice to adventure further. We are looking for comments from teachers and parents as well as students to tell us what is working and equally, what can we do differently and better.
There are so many questions arising. Here are a few pointers:
1) Is the story enjoyable in this multiple format delivery?
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Ms. Kirk - Our school has Macs in the classrooms. They don't run Snappy so we've been using Powerpoint. I'm really looking forward to seeing their finished products next week some time. The various images of a Ba-xi have been popular as a resource for t most of my students.
- Apr 2, 2013
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Ms. Kirk - The various images of a Ba-xi that are provided have been very popular with the students because they wanted an authentic feel.
- Apr 2, 2013
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Mrs. Froggatt - I used Inanimate Alice with my Year 6 Literacy Class last year. I haven't used it at all yet this year or looked to see if their are new resources. My last class had BYOD (Bring your own device) so we didn't use work sheets at all. The digital content was enough to inspire the students and they produced sensational work samples that I saved to our class blog. I can send a link if you like.
Mrs. Froggatt - I used Inanimate Alice with my Year 6 Literacy Class last year. I haven't used it at all yet this year or looked to see if their are new resources. My last class had BYOD (Bring your own device) so we didn't use work sheets at all. The digital content was enough to inspire the students and they produced sensational work samples that I saved to our class blog. I can send a link if you like.
This year I want to use it to promote critical thinking in my Christian Studies unit and pose questions about how students might respond from a biblical perspective if they found themselves in Alice's situation. I am still thinking through how this could work.
How many episodes are there now? My students wrote their own episode last year as an assessment task.
I was very inspired and I am eager to use it again. I think at the school where I teach now I will use the worksheets but I need to check it all out. Just about to start Term 2 program.
This year I want to use it to promote critical thinking in my Christian Studies unit and pose questions about how students might respond from a biblical perspective if they more... less...- Apr 3, 2013
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Inanimate Alice - We are working on plans to develop more content, episode 5, 6,7 ......and more seasons like the Australia series.....and to make the materials/resources available for all devices. It takes investment. We have just completed a proposal to the Gates Foundation where its Literacy Courseware Challenge identifies an acute need for literacy materials in Grades 4-8,. The call for proposals speaks directly to Alice, so fingers crossed.......
These comments are very helpful. If you get the chance to post student content to this thread please do so.- Apr 3, 2013
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Looks cool, any 5th grade teachers out there want to share how this went with their class????- Mar 3, 2013
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Inanimate Alice - One of our teachers just taught this to a 5th grade class and it went great. It was a part of a wider genre study in which digital was introduced as a 'genre'. Students were taught how to effectively read a digital story and applied what they learned to their own personal narratives.
- Mar 7, 2013
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Mr. Slaughter - I have done it in fifth for a couple years now. I am now teaching overseas, 8th grade. I'm looking forward to the international experience of my new students and how this works so well with the spirit of Alice. One change I made between years one and two were that I started building a 'digital library' of images, video, sound, etc. created by students from year one. This was cool and really helped. I love the idea of building this library (and even sharing it more broadly with other classrooms). It included short bits of music created in GarageBand and little video clips walking down a creepy metal stairwell into a scary basement, or another just talking the bus, with blurred images. And of course we had the basics of the player, etc. Having a set of images helped those kids who needed them but weren't sure how to create them.
Mr. Slaughter - I have done it in fifth for a couple years now. I am now teaching overseas, 8th grade. I'm looking forward to the international experience of my new students and how this works so well with the spirit of Alice. One change I made between years one and two were that I started building a 'digital library' of images, video, sound, etc. created by students from year one. This was cool and really helped. I love the idea of building this library (and even sharing it more broadly with other classrooms). It included short bits of music created in GarageBand and little more... less...- Mar 17, 2013
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Inanimate Alice - Hi Steven........it's very helpful to get your report. I see that you are in Nairobi, these days. In many ways and for a host of reasons this is an ideal place from which to see the world through Alice's eyes. Here's hoping your new students will continue to help build your digital library. We're hoping you can share some stories - or even some snippets like the moments you mentioned - with us and the community. Cheers, Ian
- Mar 18, 2013
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Ms. Sutton - We did it in year 5 a couple of years ago. Kids Episode 5 on YouTube. Look for 'Inanimate Alice in Afghanistan' by Burak Luke and Sahashra.
- Mar 27, 2013
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Inanimate Alice goes to school for the very first time with her friends Lewis and Carol in a vibrant new Photo Story - just released for free on Alice's Australian website!
Experience the story online, download it in various incarnations for print and mash up all the fun digital assets using the easy-to-use Snappy tool.
Check out http://www.inanimatealice.edu.au to discover more.- Feb 28, 2013
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Here's the latest flyer/poster promoting Inanimate Alice. it is designed for teachers but suitable for parental interest as well. Please send this link to friends and colleagues. They will thank you for it.....as will Alice!
- Feb 12, 2013
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Inanimate Alice is a digital novel (with text, images, sound, and interaction) narrated by a girl named Alice who travels the world with her family and her virtual friend Brad (see trailer, below).
Prekindergarten - Higher Education
It is good to hear from you.
We do hear that occasionally schools have difficulty in downloading episode 3. It is working fine on our server and we have viewers online with it presently. Typically, the reason relates to the fact that the file size is much larger than the other episodes. It could be that the cache on your computer is full or that there are some restrictions placed on file size by your IT management. It is hard to say what it might be from this end.
Also, please check which browser you are using....and be sure to have the latest version. more...
Randi Downs - Thank you so much! Will attempt again. I'll be in touch!
Randi Downs - Funny, the film will work in the other languages, but not in English