Boxing Clever
iPad / Education
Welcome to ‘The Boxing Clever Fiction Factory’, the new story creation app from Alan Peat Ltd.
‘Boxing Clever’ is a game designed to help pupils to develop ‘story sense’ and understand the structural conventions of a simple linear story. The idea was first published in non-digital form by Alan Peat in the 1990s. This app is the first digital version of the now internationally popular game.
App features:
A new story creation app from Alan Peat Ltd.
The official digital version of the internationally popular story-making game, ‘Boxing Clever’.
A way of quickly generating the key ingredients of a linear narrative in an engaging manner.
The ability to create your own custom ‘packs’ of images as a visual stimulus for storytelling and writing.
The ability to easily import images from your gallery or use photos to build unique banks of story making resources.
IMPORTANTLY, pupils/teachers can then use the images to write or orally record their stories in-app
Includes the function to print and/or save written notes to Dropbox.
There are over 3.5 billion possible story combinations!
A clear and concise “User Manual”.
There are over 3.5 billion possible story combinations and the app also includes a clear and concise “User Manual”.
What does it have in common with the original?
It still creates a visual storyboard for story telling and writing
It’s still auditory and puts oracy at the heart of story making.
…and IMPORTANTLY it is still a physical story making game. Children are still MAKING a story.
What does it add?
A new level of engagement.
Limitless possibilities across all genres.
Multi-modal teaching and learning - something that has always been an important feature of outstanding classroom practice.
If you haven’t already used ‘Boxing Clever’ in its physical form, we recommend watching Alan’s video walkthrough prior to using the app. Visit alanpeat.com/boxingclever to see the game’s creator perform a live demonstration.
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
Boxing Clever is back in the App Store and ready to help your plan and write your stories!
