BP5_2010012_FlickrLessonPlan

I found a very interesting lesson plan based on 5 card Nancy. The object of 5 Card Nancy is a game using the cut-up panes from Ernie Bushmiller’s comic strip Nancy.


Graphic courtesy of http://comics.com/nancy

More information on the game can be found here http://www.scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/nancy/index.html.

With Flickr the name was changed to Five Card Flickr http://web.nmc.org/5cardstory/index.php. The site deals (selects) five random photos from Flickr. You choose one. The site deals another five and you choose one again. You repeat this process five times, so that you end up with five images. The student then writes a story about the images. The lesson inspires creativity and the imagination. Skills used are story telling, writing, spelling/grammar, visual language, sequencing, evaluation, critical thinking and creativity. The complete lesson plan can be found at www.nz-interface.co.nz/.../INTERFACE%20Lesson%20Plan%2042%20-%20Five%20Card%20Flickr%20Story.pdf. They are a great resource for interesting lesson plans.


Photo courtesy of www.interfaceonline.co.nz.

I would love to build on this in my gaming classes. Sometime gamers can get writers block just like writers. I would take the Five Card Flickr site and have them write a game based on the photos. Included would be a story line, plot, goals and bosses. The lesson would get the creative juices flowing to start their individual game. Later as the lesson progressed they could replace the graphics with their own original design.