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Inanimate Alice: Social Emotional Learning Opportunities in Settings Authentic to Digital Natives.

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom Lobby, Table 22

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Presenters

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Ian Harper
CEO & Series Producer
BradField Narrative Designs Inc.
@inanimatealice
@IanHarper
The spark of an idea at an Education in Games conference incited the creation of a storyline that continues to evolve more than 2 decades after its inception. That journey has inspired outcomes, student and educator reactions, well beyond anything envisaged at the outset. Endlessly curious, Ian seeks to further develop the potential of multimodal 'born-digital' reading and creativity experiences meaningful for today's students.

Session description

The multimodal narrative Inanimate Alice discusses life growing up in the 21st century. Laced with problems to be overcome, Alice’s adventures provide opportunities to discuss topics such as loneliness, family crises and peer pressure. The producer will share educators’ experiences highlighting teaching moments that provoke classroom discussion and student creativity.

Purpose & objective

I'll be reviewing Inanimate Alice, an ISTE Sealholder, from an SEL perspective. The materials produced are authentic to today's students and are presented in such a way as to extend the core storyline into branching adventures encouraging student participation and contribution.

Inanimate Alice has reached a broad audience of early-adopting teachers across North America and around the world. Success is evidenced by case studies from the website and the rich research supporting it with c. 750 citations noted on Google Scholar.

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Outline

This poster session will provide a visual introduction to appropriate SEL related teaching moments within the storyline. The circumstances will be discussed and questions invited. A SEL case study will be available as a hand-out.

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Supporting research

Inanimate Alice has a dedicated research page which provides details of appropriate documentation and a map identifying key organisations associated with the research.

https://inanimatealice.com/research/

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Session specifications

Topic:
Social emotional learning
Grade level:
6-8
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Library media specialists, Professional developers
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Laptop: PC
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
I'll use my own PC as a support for deeper discussion should it be called for. If it can be plugged into a larger screen that will be helpful.

This would ne nice to have but it is not essential.

Subject area:
Language arts, Social studies
ISTE Standards:
For Students:
Knowledge Constructor
  • Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.
Creative Communicator
  • Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
Global Collaborator
  • Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.
Disclosure:
The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

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