SCHEDULE

Monday, Jan. 8

Introductions, syllabus

Respond to The Martian on this poll. 

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Tuesday, Jan. 9

• Read Ch. 1-3 from Digital Storytelling
• Express your responses to the chapters with two or more Instagram posts, with tag #gacdigistory 
• Read “How to Read a Movie” by Roger Ebert

Wednesday, Jan. 10

• Purchase and Play The Martian game ($0.99) (iOS or Android)
• Read Ch. 4 in Digital Storytelling
• Respond here before class begins

Thursday, Jan. 11

• Read Ch. 5 & 9
• Read The Rise of Twitter Fiction
• Read The Great American Twitter Novel

Friday, Jan. 12

• Read this article on Jonny Sun and @jonnysun on Twitter
• Read this article from the author of @drunkhulk
• Read Ch. 6 & 7 in Digital Storytelling
• Bring a few rough ideas for Twitter characters to class (3-5 or so)

Monday, Jan. 15

NOTE: MLK Lecture at 10:30am in Christ Chapel. Post your attendance at the MLK lecture to Instagram with tag #gacdigistory (can be a selfie, shot of textbook at Chapel, a nice photo of several classmates together, etc.)

**Class starts at 11:30 today only**

• SOCIAL MEDIA STORIES DUE before 10:30a.m.! Turn in here–just fill out the form!
• Presentations
• Discussions

Resources:
Story Structure in a nutshell

Story Structure using Good Will Hunting

Story Structure using Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Tuesday, Jan. 16

• Read Chapter 7 in Digital Storytelling
• Read What Happens When an Algorithm Helps Write Science Fiction
• Read An Artificial Intelligence Bot is Very Good at Writing Horror
• Read Google’s New Interactive E-books Would Be Impossible To Print

Wednesday, Jan. 17

• Read Chapter 10 from Digital Storytelling
• Read Story Maps: Bringing Storytelling and Mapping Together
• Read What Can You Do With a Story Map?
• Read Swings of Harlem
• Respond to the readings here

RESOURCES:

Cyber Squirrel

Hip Hop Map

Green Line Map, Minneapolis to St. Paul

Team-Produced Maps

Other Map Examples

Thursday, Jan. 18

• Read Storymaps: The Five Principles of Good Storytelling
• Watch this video map
• Find 3 entries you think are cool on the Atlas Obscura map
• Before class begins, post at least 2 photos on Instagram (with #gacdigistory tag) of specific campus spots (a desk, a stairwell, Cyclone Pizzeria, a square of a sidewalk, etc.) that are either 1) personally important to you (like something cool/sad/hilarious/embarrassing happened in that spot) or 2) interesting but usually overlooked.

RESOURCES:

How make a Google Map (video)

How to make a Story Map with arcgis

Templates & Apps for arcgis

How to make a Story Map with Knightlabs

How to make a Story Map with Google Tour Builder

7pm Keynote lecture in Wallenberg Auditorium! Dr. William Pannapacker, Hope College: “From Digital Humanities to Digital Liberal Arts”

Friday, Jan. 19

• Story Map Lab

Monday, Jan. 22

• Story Maps due! Turn in by simply sharing it with me (if using Google MyMaps) or putting a link to your map on this form.
• Presentations
• Discussion

Tuesday, Jan. 23

• Watch this video intro to Game Theory
• Read this article about stories within video games
• And this article also about video game storytelling
• Create a free account on Steam and install the Steam desktop application (either personal or campus computer)
• Play Perceptions of the Dead and Six Days of Snow (play for 30 minutes or so, each; games listed under “Free to Play” in the Steam store)
• Play any other game(s) of your choosing on Steam (free or paid)

Wednesday, Jan. 24

• Read about Interactive Fiction
• Read this article on Interactive Fiction
• Play Winter’s Heart and the first two chapters of Tally Ho (scroll to bottom of page and click on “Play for Free”)

RESOURCES

Seers Catalogue

A Quick Twine Tutorial

Twine Wiki

Twine 2 Guide

A Ton Of Twine How-To Videos

Thursday, Jan. 25

•  Twine Work Day

Friday, Jan. 26

• Readings on Further Possibilities: Reach Ch. 11 from Digital Storytelling and browse through Chapters 15-23 to see if anything seems interesting 
• Peer Review and Twine Work Day Part 2
• Resources for Final Project ideas

Monday, Jan. 29

• Twine stories due: TURN IN HERE.
• Final Project Proposals due

Tuesday, Jan. 30

• Work Session

Wednesday, Jan. 31

• Peer Review and Professor Conferences

Thursday, Feb. 1

•  Work Session

Friday, Feb. 2

• Final Project Presentations