Reflect on what you’ve learned from reading the material and completing the assignment. Elaborate on the three most important concepts or ideas that you can take forward in your future work.
After looking at the story of Caine’s Arcade last week and how the world responded, I really thought about telling a compelling story to get the ball rolling. Social media has a social conscience. People are moved by a good story. They really want to be a part of something bigger than themselves. They want to make difference, and help someone. So for social media to really work the way it did for Caine’s Arcade, you need a really good story. Then you need to tell the story transmedia.
I enjoyed thinking about designing for interaction. That is really exciting. I’ve thought a lot about how interactive everything is now. Good communication is not just one-way any more. It’s an evolving conversation. Good interaction design invites a response, and makes it easy for folks to respond and play.
The old days of having to spend a fortune on print ads and TV ads to reach a lot of people are gone. It is really possible to reach out to millions of people for free. And to have an ongoing conversation with them…