UpstagePrimary

This is a workshop series that will run in conjunction with the project How Haka tells a Story

Initial group of year 7&8s, includes 3 Year 8 students tutoring a group of Year 5&6, using these as reference documents [and in conjunction with work in UpStage [1] which will be installed on Ministry of Education servers

UpStage Workshop Series Outline

	Workshop:Process:Online	Outcomes:
Workshop 1	Meet online help person: Check hand-outs/help documents and UpStage site Practice using workshop elements Check hardware and resources	Check – everyone logged in demonstrate the use of UpStage, look at the tools Assignment email for a login to UpStage
Workshop 2	Explore cyberformance Practice discuss, story ideas and characters in a forum	Discuss online environments and the process of story • Assemble at techstage UpStage Play • screengrabs and saving the log • explain use stage in devising process • using a captured piece of UpStage log and use it to explore the idea of character and story
Workshop 3	Go over workshop plan and decide roles Make some UpStage elements, Backdrops and props	UpStage Play playing with story elements, characters storyboard, planning the visuals and soundtrack tech: application, help for avatars (clearcutting, export with transparency),
Workshop 4	Online; Story elements constructed and script written	Learn applications for creating sound artifacts audacity, learn about uploading sound
Workshop 5	Rehearse, refine and recount the story as a cyberformance (within a given time limit)	Create own stage with show title, set up splash screen assign re purposed and new graphics and audio practice show - refine