Amy’s First Shot

Vincent ChengMarianne Harrison

Michelle Higa

TA: Paul Pasaba

Agenda• End User• Goals• Program Use• Flow Chart• Screen shots• Animations• Library• Questions

End User

• French-American School• Club DNA: After school science program• Ages: 7-14• with Dr. Annie deGroot

• Observation of students• Dr. de Groot’s demo• Student Motivation

Goals• Introduce basic concepts of immunology.

• Describe how the immune system can be trained to fight infections using vaccines

Program Use• Mainly at home, via the web.

• Resource/Tutorial. Review/reinforce ideas taught in Club DNA.

• Created for the French-American school, but accessible on web to all students of this age range.

Main SceneW/ Questions

Info-bubbles

BeginningScene

w/ ExplanatoryAnimations

Info-bubbles

Info-bubbles

Choice:Exit Scene

Library

Web

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Click on Amy’s question

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Back to Amy!

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Main SceneW/ Questions

Info-bubbles

BeginningScene

w/ ExplanatoryAnimations

Info-bubbles

Info-bubbles

Choice:Exit Scene

Library

Web

About those interactive animations…

Thoughtful User Interaction

• Interaction should be purposeful - part of the learning process.

• Example animation: selecting virus/antibody levels and then seeing the results…

The Library

• A “Site Map” style database will be accessible through the bookcase in the doctor’s office.

• Key terms will be hyperlinked to the program’s explanatory info-bubbles or web pages. The web pages will be specified by an editable text file.

• A “search” will be provided for those with specific information needs.

Questions

• Because this is an exploratory resource, we’re unsure whether evaluation of learning is necessary.

• Program all within Director or combination of Shockwave/HTML