What is this Hackathon?
We read a book called the Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. After we finished it, we sort of studied the book. We then got into groups that we called our "Squads" which consisted of four people each. Each squad was given a separate character from the book that we had to play as in a podcast. From doing this, we were able to understand the characters thoughts and emotions more realistically, and understand deeper about the book, and how it can relate to real life.
Character Sheet
The character we were given, was Rowdy, the best friend of Junior, which is the main character. Rowdy is a very aggressive character, and has multiple issues. Our squad had to make a character sheet on him to go more into detail on how he would be in the podcast. I helped my squad out by describing him in detail, so they could later put it in the document.
You can find my squad character sheet on Rowdy here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oeSjZKVoKW6XtLsw7fZ9DIQr-m7Xer12NwtdzOEtL-M/edit
You can find my squad character sheet on Rowdy here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oeSjZKVoKW6XtLsw7fZ9DIQr-m7Xer12NwtdzOEtL-M/edit
Squad Script
We began our script by going through each chapter that Rowdy was in. I went through certain chapters of the book and got a couple lines from the book, and turned them into my own version of the story. Our script was changed a lot. Every take we did on the podcast, we found something that we did not like, and we would add something different. By the end, on our last couple takes, we were happy with the script that we made for our podcast.
You can find my squad script here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oLV3cLak2g5RABrxGwC-OIaM4YxvAEd3qqBveH1-yug/edit
You can find my squad script here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oLV3cLak2g5RABrxGwC-OIaM4YxvAEd3qqBveH1-yug/edit
Scrum Board
Our scrum board was created so we always knew what to be doing, and what we already had done. It was simply just a task list for our squad. My squad was able to use it a lot, and it was actually very useful. Because of it, we were very focused while created our podcast. We always had a task up on it to be doing, and what stage we were at on that task. I personally really enjoyed using it, and think that we should continue to use them.
Final Audio Diary Podcast
Our final podcast came out fantastic. It felt very realistic. We were able to recreate almost every scene from the book that Rowdy was placed in.
You can find, and listen to our podcast here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1VvV1wGJBGbQlk0QWdSSEJtNEk
You can find, and listen to our podcast here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1VvV1wGJBGbQlk0QWdSSEJtNEk