Client: Center for the Collaborative Classroom
Category: Educational Publishing
Scope: app design
Project Objectives: The goal of this project was to design a student-facing tablet app to make word practice more fun and engaging. In addition to Being a Reader™ classroom lessons, this app provides students with additional word practice games such as: Build That Word! where players build words using a set of letter tiles, and Sort It Out! that includes both closed and open sorting games.
Illustrations are by Michael Wertz.
![word game app screen shown in iPad being held by user](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwapp_web.jpg)
’Berta’s Role
’Berta worked closely with the team to design the wireframes and conceptualize the play scenarios. She and the team also:
- chose an illustrator with a fun, engaging style and provided him with the wireframes, which he redrew in his style.
- iterated the scenes, interactive elements, and functionality to be intuitive for players.
- tested and retested the releases and gave extensive feedback to the developers.
- determined the sequence of play, and suggest rewards at the end of completed games.
- provided all assets to the developer to create the final screens and animations.
Home Screen
From the home screen, the player chooses a game type and goes to a selector screen to choose the lesson week. Players can navigate from all screens back to the Home screen via the Home icon.
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwahome_web.jpg)
Build That Word Game Screen—Cargo Ship
- Students listen to words being said, then use the tiles to assemble them in the build area.
- Once the tiles are all assembled and the game is solved, there is an animated reward.
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwachoice_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwaship1_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwaship2_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwaship3_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwasailaway_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwacongrats_web.jpg)
Screens Showing Example of “Build That Word” Game Sequence
Open Sort Game Screen
Open-ended sorting games let students organize words by sound, meaning, spelling, or any other attribute.
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwacorkboard1_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwacorkboard2_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwacorkboard3_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwacategories_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwapencil_web.jpg)
Screens Showing Example of “Build That Word” Open Sort Game Sequence
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwajars1_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwajars2_web.jpg)
![word game app screen](https://leaveittoberta.com/wp-content/uploads/br_wwajars3_web.jpg)
Screens Showing Example of “Build That Word” Word Sort Game Sequence
Final Results and Deliverables
- This is the first student-facing product for Collaborative Classroom, and will be the litmus test for future product development.
- This app is closely aligned with, and reinforces, the lesson sequences and pedagogy.
- The app launched to much anticipation by Being a Reader teachers and field staff, who are excited to show it to their customers.
Check out the app on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
App Game Animation Sequence