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Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction. Let’s play a game!. http://www.lz95.net/mss/faculty/ mdooms /index.htm. Let’s play a game!. Click on Student Showcase. Scroll and click on Stealing the Stolen. Let’s Play a game!. Stealing the Stolen by two sixth graders, Rachel and Sabrina.

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Interactive fiction

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  1. Interactive fiction

  2. Let’s play a game! http://www.lz95.net/mss/faculty/mdooms/index.htm

  3. Let’s play a game! Click on Student Showcase Scroll and click on Stealing the Stolen

  4. Let’s Play a game! Stealing the Stolen by two sixth graders, Rachel and Sabrina.

  5. IF is a legitimate form of storytelling. Just as the protagonist in a novel figures a way out of a problem, so does the “interactor” in IF.

  6. IF is a legitimate form of storytelling. Just as the protagonist in a novel figures a way out of a problem, so does the “interactor” in IF.

  7. Why IF in the classroom?

  8. IF supports reading • Develops metacognitive skills • Many IF works are mini-puzzles or word problems that entail logic and problem solving. Students must: • recognize and define the nature of the problem • stop, analyze, and reflect • represent the problem, “How do I…?” • evaluate possible solutions (i.e. Will this action result in an unpleasant outcome…like death!)

  9. IF supports writing and other content areas • For students, IF can be an authentic assessment or enrichment for: • LA: descriptive writing and imagery • SS: historical simulations based on primary source documents • Sci: virtual lab • Math: convey understanding of math concepts

  10. IF keeps students invested • Attracts… • Gamers • Creative writers • Logical thinkers • Motivates • Develops the whole brain for those right or left brain students

  11. Getting to know the IF game • Introducing basic IF commands to students

  12. Getting to know the IF game • In a class period students experience IF online with: • Nine Points • 9:05 • Other appropriate, but longer works are: • A Bear’s Night Out • Mother Loose • Lost Pig • Zork • All can be found at the Interactive Fiction Database http://ifdb.tads.org/

  13. Learning to program IF • Download Inform 7 at: • http://inform7.com/ • Choose your preferred platform (MAC, Windows, or Linux)

  14. Learning to program IF • In a class period, or block, students experience one or more of the following Inform 7 projects to see the program in action: • Engelberg Tutorial, Mark Engelberg (at http://inform7.com/teach/resources-by-grade/) • Step I – Rooms and People, Jeremiah McCall • Any of our Lake Zurich projects (copy and paste the documents into Inform7, but include any formatting that becomes lost!)

  15. Visit this webpage for all files and links! http://www.lz95.net/mss/faculty/mdooms/

  16. Resources http://www.lz95.net/mss/faculty/mdooms/ Inform 7 download • http://inform7.com/ Inform7 Handbook, Jim Aiken • http://www.musicwords.net/if/i7hb.htm Universities teaching IF (compiled by Emily Short)--condensed • http://emshort.wordpress.com/ • Digital Composing, University of Vermont, 2009. • Virtual Worlds for Education, a course for practicing K-12 teachers taught by Anthony Hursh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 • Archeologies of Story, University of Florida, 2008 • “Digital Writing in the Genres”, George Mason University, 2008 • “Interactive Narrative”, UCSC, 2007 • “Textual Media”, George Mason University, 2007 • “Introduction to New Media”, Stockton, 2007 • “Instructional Games”, Utah State University, 2007 • “AI”, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006 • “Computer Game Design and Implementation”, University of Michigan at Dearborn, 2006

  17. Resources Universities teaching IF (compiled by Emily Short)--condensed • “Computer Game Studies”, UCSD, 2006 • “Digital Studies”, University of Maryland, 2006 • “Game Concept and Design”, University of Baltimore, 2006 • “Game Design”, University of Technology, Sydney, 2006 • “Writing for the Internet”, Seton Hill, 2006 Where to play Interactive Fiction • IF database of games • http://ifdb.tads.org/ • An alphabetical listing of all interactive fiction from the Interactive Fiction Archive (on Parchment) • http://parchment.toolness.com/ • 2010 IF Competition • http://ifcomp.org/comp10/download.html • Infocom Adventures Online • http://www.xs4all.nl/~pot/infocom/

  18. Resources IF in the middle and high school • Jeremiah McCall, high school History • http://historicalsimulations.org/ • Brendan Desilets, middle school English • http://if1.home.comcast.net/~if1/index.html Follow IF • Interactive Fiction for Middle School on Facebook • People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction • http://pr-if.org/ • Nick Montfort, MIT • http://nickm.com/if/ • Get Lamp documentary • http://www.getlamp.com/

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