Popcorn

Make it! Ship it! Hacktivity Kit

Big Picture

  1. Participants will understand that:
    • Collaboration makes ideation more fun and successful.
    • Information architecture is a system of organization that takes into account both how you present information and how a user accesses that information.
    • SVT (Story, Vision, Tech) is a solid model for creating a web native film. Technology can serve as inspiration, but never substitute for a story.
    • Using data allows you to augment your video with extra information.
    Learners will be able to :
    • Plan a How to tutorial using paper prototyping.
    • Create the How to using Popcorn Maker
    • Augment the tutorial by adding data to it.
    • Use keyboard shortcuts (i.e. for copying and pasting)
    • Right-click and scroll with the mouse
    • Create storyboards and schematics.

  2. The Results:

    • The Make it! Ship it! Hacktivity Kit will guide learners in planning, prototyping and producing How-to videos that pull in dynamic data from the web.

  3. The Event Type:

  4. Tell the story:

    Learners will make their own how to tutorials using dynamic data and the web as their platform. They will collaborate to make learning resources and use assets from the web to explain something they would like others to be able to do.

  5. Circle Up Module

    • What does information architecture mean?
    • What does "open web" mean?
    • How did feedback help you iterate and improve your project?
    • Why is it important to have open access to the Internet?
    • Why is it important that the web is designed by many individuals?
    • Why is it important for websites to invite participation?

Introductions

  1. webmaker_logo

    Introduction to Webmaker

  2. Introduction to Popcorn

  3. howtouse

    How to Use this Kit

  4. Setting Up a Hack Jam

Additional Resources

Hacktivities

  1. Icebreaker

    Collaborative Mindmapping: Finding the How-to
    Collaborative Mindmapping

  2. Diving In

    Plan the Tutorial: Paper Prototyping and Schematics
    Plan the Tutorial using Paper Prototyping

  3. Hands on Hacking

    Building the How-To: with Popcorn Maker
    Remix Page

  4. Playtesting and Feedback

    Learners share their projects.
    Is the user:
    • following the instructions?
    • getting the joke?
    • understanding the commentary?
    Have learners form groups and take notes.
    Start a discussion by having learners complete sentences.
    • I thought you did a nice job with/of ___.
    • You might want to improve ___.
    • Your idea was fun/interesting because ___.
    • What you made was ___ and it made me think/feel ____.
    Let your learners review each other's work.

    When they're finished with their reviews, ask them what next steps would be for each project. How can each project be iterated and improved upon?

  5. Assessment

    How did your learners do? Here is a helpful guide for assessing their work.