ASLA 2011

The power of real timeDean Groom - ASLA Conference 2011 @vormamimWednesday, 5 October 2011

Please turn ON all mobile phones, laptops and other mobile devices!Wednesday, 5 October 2011

The internet is shaped by whoever controls the media, controls the cultureWednesday, 5 October 2011

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Where is this culture thriving? ...Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Among people willing explore new cultures ...Wednesday, 5 October 2011

By people learning from experiencesWednesday, 5 October 2011

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Education generally responded to this innovation by building equity barricades for even the simplest toolsets. These is not normal, but cultural phantoms.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Most Popular Websites http://www.ebizmba.com/ (Oct 2011) kids websites music reference web2.0 bookmarks socialWednesday, 5 October 2011

Top 10 Websites by Unique Visitors How many people use these more than once? 900,000,000 325,000,000 700,000,000 250,000,000 500,000,000 210,000,000 450,000,000 200,000,000 350,000,000 165,000,000Wednesday, 5 October 2011

media is the link between those we follow and those who willingly follow us. It emerges from culture not strategy. Learn to craft it everywhere.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Words that target boys.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Words that target girls.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Take media out of schools and into the communityWednesday, 5 October 2011

Meanwhile, media is free to posit sophisticated messages to unarmed parents and children who lack weapons of critical analysisWednesday, 5 October 2011

media literacy should ﬁght for the ability to access, adapt, and create knowledge using ICT technologies critical to a socially inclusive culture.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Media Technology sees us and how we respond.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Google will be activating 1 million Android smart phones a day in October. Camera, video, web, social networks, search, geo-location, always connected.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Media Literacy shouldn’t be about maintaining lines of separation between content and experience.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Why Web2.0 isn’t going to save the princess. (you’re looking in the wrong castles)Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Media is a culture engineWednesday, 5 October 2011

Web2.0 is only part of the picture.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

This isn’t enough. A complete Media Literacy means teaching from the centre of the metaverse. Where do you like to hang out?Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Creativity is something to learn, not to avoid. “Life is trying things to see if they work.”Wednesday, 5 October 2011

How the engine works (iteratively) Personal Social Event What’s this? Are my peers fans of this? Should I risk it? Will I like it? Discovery Will I look cool if I’m a fan? Am I coolest if I am the ﬁrst? BREAK POINT BREAK POINT I’m in! Is it best consumed with peers? I see the point! Experience Is it best created with peers? I’m succeeding! BREAK POINT BREAK POINT I feel alone. What do my peers think? I want more of this. Exploration Who can I connect to? I want to help others. Who can explore with me? KnowledgeWednesday, 5 October 2011

How the engine works with or fails Personal Social Event What’s this? Are my peers fans of this? Should I risk it? Will I like it? Discovery Will I look cool if I’m a fan? Am I coolest if I am the ﬁrst? Google It Peer-Inﬂuence I’m in! Is it best consumed with peers? I see the point! I’m succeeding! Experience Is it best created with peers? Tweet It! Peer-Reputation I feel alone. What do my peers think? I want more of this. Exploration Who can I connect to? I want to help others. Who can explore with me? TWEET IT MORE! Peer-Support KnowledgeWednesday, 5 October 2011

Individual media literacy is driven by ... Ignore Choice Change Connections Prior Knowledge Device Relevance utility Persistence Media People ease of use Things Opportunity Attention Experiences convenience Personalisation immediacy success Knowledge Reputation App Adaptation InterestWednesday, 5 October 2011

Towards including Games as a Media Literacy • Teaching THROUGH: Use games to teach a speciﬁc story audience curriculum. • Teaching WITH: Use games to leverage existing themes, concepts and methods from the curriculum though play. • Teaching by MAKING: Game authoring tools to make games about given subject, relevant contents to learn using story pedagogy platforms telling and ludic processes.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Games are a media, just like ﬁlm, web, TV or books. (and a viable growing industry for kids to work in).Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Moshi Monsters [dot] comWednesday, 5 October 2011

Kids are learning in multiple cultural domains Outcome Based Learning Instructionist (Tolman, 1932) content --- task-rules --- task activity --- outcome Student as consumer, focus on content, throughput, quality of student on exitWednesday, 5 October 2011

Kids are learning in multiple cultural domains Game Based Learning Conjectural (Kolb, 1984) story --- game-rules --- game play --- experience students as producer, collaborator, focus on output Outcome Based Learning Instructionist (Tolman, 1932) content --- task-rules --- task activity --- outcome Student as consumer, focus on content, throughput, quality of student on exitWednesday, 5 October 2011

Kids are learning in multiple cultural domains Game Based Learning Conjectural (Kolb, 1984) story --- game-rules --- game play --- experience students as producer, collaborator, focus on output Outcome Based Learning Instructionist (Tolman, 1932) content --- task-rules --- task activity --- outcome Student as consumer, focus on content, throughput, quality of student on exit Problem Based Learning Revelatory (Bruner, 1973) enquiry --- discovery --- experience --- product students as explorer, team worker, focus on discoveryWednesday, 5 October 2011

An experiential learning community The Massively Minecraft Project www.minecraft.net minecraft.jokaydia.comWednesday, 5 October 2011

MassivelyMinecraft.org (some details) • Open for just over 5 months, 40 players • Experiential Learning Environment (Kolb, Gee, Prensky, Brown etc). • Parents, Teachers and Children - Youngest player 5. 40% girls. • No lessons or ‘teaching’ allowed from the adults • Secure (very modiﬁed) server, running off ‘OpenSim’ server hosting. • Uses Races, Classes and Guild Achievement methods to ‘level’ up. • Most popular times. Mon-Friday - 6am to 7.30am, 3pm-7.30pm AEST • Weekends are getting to 24/7 occupancy • Players from the US and Australia • Is a social-enterprise, no costs to players.Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Game-Play Game-Theory & Methods. Game-Rules Reputation Experience Goal Self Assessment Peer ReviewedWednesday, 5 October 2011

Not a LMS. Narratives Processes Innovation Reputation Community DiscussionWednesday, 5 October 2011

Shifts in media literacy hinge upon technological advancement Enacted though culturesWednesday, 5 October 2011

The Abbey (UK History Homework)Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Titanic (US Social Studies Homework)Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Fender Strat. (UNE) ... and some 8 year oldsWednesday, 5 October 2011

Massively Minecraft Learning Cycles School-yard In Game Social conferences Open Days Skype Minecraft Maths Sharing Mondays tutorials Modding YouTube Skype tutorials Guild Site Building Machinima @Notch In-Game Minecraft Writing Wiki Moderating Collaborating Googling Forums In-Game Skype after Kolb (1984)Wednesday, 5 October 2011

"You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike." A complete approach to media Games Based Learning literacy is to arm teachers, Project Based Learning parents and students with Virtual Worlds & Games opportunities to promote @vormamim understanding in a socially www.massivelyproductive.com inclusive culture of innovation. www.massivelyminecraft.org Recommended Reading Start Here (1985) ... http://thcnet.net/zork/Wednesday, 5 October 2011

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