Card game designed to inspire young writers wins top award

<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">A game designed to inspire reluctant writers has won the Public Good category of the prestigious Best Design Awards&period;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"page-wrapper">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"page-wrapper-inner">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"main-page" class&equals;"wrapper cf">&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Game of Awesome is a card game developed to encourage students in years five to eight&comma; particularly boys&comma; to develop their writing skills&period; Designed for up to six players&comma; the cards can be used to quickly generate and explore ideas&comma; then expanded into stories&period; There are many ways to play the game to suit students’ different interests and learning styles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"page-wrapper-inner">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"main-page" class&equals;"wrapper cf">&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The game was co-created by the Ministry of Education with students from Wellington’s Te Aro School and St&period; Patrick’s College as well as teachers from Newtown&comma; Houghton Valley&comma; Korokoro and Kilbirnie Schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Game of Awesome is the latest addition to the Success for Boys collection&comma; which also includes <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;success-for-boys&period;tki&period;org&period;nz&sol;Teaching-learning-resources&sol;Story-Starters" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Story Starters<&sol;a> a video story resource co-designed with year five to eight students in collaboration with Kiwi authors and entertainers such as Bret McKenzie&comma; Dai Henwood and Mike McRoberts&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The game can be downloaded from the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;success-for-boys&period;tki&period;org&period;nz&sol;Teaching-learning-resources&sol;Game-of-Awesome" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Success for Boys<&sol;a> site&comma; and schools can order a limited number of printed card sets from <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thechair&period;co&period;nz&sol;servlet&sol;Srv&period;Ecos&lowbar;Process&lowbar;HTML&lowbar;File&quest;P1&equals;&sol;graphics&sol;moe&sol;signon&period;htm" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Down the Back of the Chair<&sol;a>&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;