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ARG ACADEMYALTERNATE REALITY GAME

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What is an ARG?

An unfamiliar term for a familiar concept?

ARGs consist of case studies, role play, or scenario based instruction that may or may not use mobile technologies.

Key Attributes

Movement

An essential part of the ARG

Players must move around game (your classroom, hallway, school or even websites) to collect data and clues as they progress through the game.

The ARG Family of Games

Augmented Reality Game Augmented Reality Simulation Pervasive Game Location-Based Game Murder Mystery

A “REAL” ARG ALSO HAS…

Interactive Narrative

Fiction Player actions change the game Claim to be real Alter the World…don’t step into the

Magic Circle Transmedia

Basics

Subject Students Purpose

What do you want them to learn? Skills or knowledge?

What is the conflict/challenge?

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Structure the Door

Door for students/educators

First artifact that draws the player in…….. instead may be the first bit of information

Immersion

ARG Design

Narrative

Game Design

Challenges

Transmedia

Tech Tools

CHALLENGES

Challenges

Flow/Fiero Solving a puzzle Picking up clues to a mystery

Dealing with a character

Challenge

Puzzle

Mathematical Formula

Message to Decipher

Problem to Solve

Our ARGs

Setting the Table Restaurant Analysis

D.B. Cooper Accounting Practices and Techniques

MedTag Microbiology Disease Detectives

Examples to reference

Ecomuve http://ecomuve.gse.harvard.edu/

HARPS projects http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=harp&pageid=icb.page69587

Mentira http://www.mentira.org/

Place Based Learning http://website.education.wisc.edu/kdsquire/tenure-files/16-squire-shelton-book.pdf

7 Things You Should Know about Alternate Reality Games http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7045.pdf

TECH TOOLS & WHY WE USE THEM

NARRATIVE &PROJECT MANAGEMENT

And Google ….Google Docs…Gmail…Presenter….

STORYBOARD IT OUT

AUGMENTED REALITY

What is AR?

Adding a digital / virtual layer of data that is linked to a specific geographic location that is usually accessed using mobile technologies

Links the physical with the digital using Geolocation tools Mobile computing Dependent on internet / data connection

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QUESTIONS?