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<h1>How to write the next episode of Inanimate Alice</h1> {{anchor|Intro}}
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<p>Turn the times back to dino days, send YouTube back 200 million years, or put the "zilla" back in Mozilla. Use Mozilla's Hackasaurus to create a prehistoric-themed webpage remix!</p>
[[Image:Hive.png|300px|right]]<br/><div style="font-size:10px; color:#333333;font-style:italic;padding:15px 0px 10px 25px;">Project by Hive NYC</div>
<p>Learn how web pages are made. Enter the competition, submit your entry, evaluate peer submissions, and earn a badge for creating the best remix in all of history!</p>


==Step 1: Read the Competition Overview==
[[Image:alice.png|300px|right]]<br/><div style="font-size:10px; color:#333333;font-style:italic;padding:15px 0px 10px 25px;">Go to Inanimate Alice to choose an episode</div>
===Theme===
Turn the times back to dino days, send YouTube back 200 million years, or put the "zilla" back in Mozilla.  Use Mozilla's X-Ray Goggles to create a prehistoric-themed webpage remix!


Learn how web pages are made. Enter the competition, submit your entry, evaluate peer submissions, and earn a badge for creating the best remix in all of history!
[[Image:supergirl.png|right]]<br/><div style="font-size:10px; color:#333333;font-style:italic;padding:15px 0px 10px 25px;">Remix text and images with the Hackasaurus X Ray Goggles</div>
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Create the next chapter for the transmedia novel Inanimate Alice, while learning how to remix the web with the Hackasaurus X-Ray Goggles.  A DIY project from [http://explorecreateshare.org/ Hive NYC].


Learn more at the [http://www.cs2n.org/competitions/HAC062012 competition] page.
'''Step 1:'''Dive into an [http://inanimatealice.com/ existing episode] of Inanimate Alice.


===Dates===
'''Step 2:'''Install the Hackasaurus [http://hackasaurus.org/en-US/goggles/ X-Ray Goggles].
Submission Deadline ''August 31st''


Evaluation Period ''September 07'' to ''September 16''
'''Step 3:''' Outline your own episode. Things to think about include:
*Character- it could be Alice, it could be anyone!
*Location-pick a country, any country!
*What happens next- is it a mystery the character is trying to solve, new friends the character meets, something new the character learns?


Badges Announced ''September 18''
'''Step 4:''' Create a storyboard or story elements using new or remixed multimedia:
*Drawings
*Images
*Video
*Words


===Rules & Requirements===
'''Step 5:''' Create your chapter using Hackasaurus! Remix a news website, a blog or a social media site by adding elements to tell your story.
You will be required to review other submissions and provide feedback. This gives you the opportunity to help fellow designers, coders, and remixers improve their skills.
*Go to a website, activate the X-Ray Goggles bookmarklet.
*With the bookmarklet activated you should be able to inspect elements of the page that you want to change.
*Once you have figured out what you want to change, click R to remix. Remix that asset.
*Publish.
''Example: Remix a Facebook page to include status updates from Alice.''


Your submission will be evaluated on how well it matches these criteria:
'''Step 6:''' [http://take-a-screenshot.org/ Take a screenshot of your work]. Tweet your screenshot with the #hivebuzz hashtag.


*The webpage is designed for a specific audience
*Use of white space, combination of colors, and choice of fonts allow the users to navigate the webpage easily
*Users find the webpage likable
*Text is written and properly formatted using the paragraph, heading and strong elements
*All tags are closed


Learn more at the [http://www.cs2n.org/competitions/HAC062012 competition] page.
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==Step 2: Participate in the competition==
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===Register===
Register for the competition in order to receive important information about competition changes and dates!  Registration is free and easy - you only need a valid email address to enter.
 
Register at the [http://www.cs2n.org/competitions/HAC062012 competition] page.
 
===Work on your submission===
Use [http://www.hackasaurus.org/en-US/ X-Ray Goggles] to create a website with or about your favorite fictional characters!
 
===Submit your work!===
Submit your work by August 31st.  And if you finish early, you can always edit and resubmit an even better version OR work on additional competitions!
 
Submit your work at the [http://www.cs2n.org/competitions/HAC062012 competition] page.
 
 
==Step 3: Coach your peers==
===Evaluation===
Starting on September 7th, you will be assigned 3 submissions from your peers to evaluate.  Did they make the mark?  Why or why not?  Help them learn from this experience!
 
===Assessment===
After your submission gets evaluated by your peers, you will rate the evaluations on their helpfulness.  And they will rate the evaluations you did on their work!
 
==Step 4: Earn Badges!==
Users who score 11 to 15 points will receive the Fiction Invasion Bronze Badge!
Users who score 16 to 20 points will receive the Fiction Invasion Silver Badge!
Users who score 21 or higher points will receive the Fiction Invasion Gold Badge!
 
More badges to come...!
 
==Our Sample==
[http://poof.hksr.us/wovnpbtl Prehistoric Search]

Revision as of 19:57, 3 July 2012

How to write the next episode of Inanimate Alice

Hive.png

Project by Hive NYC
Alice.png

Go to Inanimate Alice to choose an episode
Supergirl.png

Remix text and images with the Hackasaurus X Ray Goggles

Create the next chapter for the transmedia novel Inanimate Alice, while learning how to remix the web with the Hackasaurus X-Ray Goggles. A DIY project from Hive NYC.

Step 1:Dive into an existing episode of Inanimate Alice.

Step 2:Install the Hackasaurus X-Ray Goggles.

Step 3: Outline your own episode. Things to think about include:

  • Character- it could be Alice, it could be anyone!
  • Location-pick a country, any country!
  • What happens next- is it a mystery the character is trying to solve, new friends the character meets, something new the character learns?

Step 4: Create a storyboard or story elements using new or remixed multimedia:

  • Drawings
  • Images
  • Video
  • Words

Step 5: Create your chapter using Hackasaurus! Remix a news website, a blog or a social media site by adding elements to tell your story.

  • Go to a website, activate the X-Ray Goggles bookmarklet.
  • With the bookmarklet activated you should be able to inspect elements of the page that you want to change.
  • Once you have figured out what you want to change, click R to remix. Remix that asset.
  • Publish.

Example: Remix a Facebook page to include status updates from Alice.

Step 6: Take a screenshot of your work. Tweet your screenshot with the #hivebuzz hashtag.


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