Tobias Staaby's presentation from CounterPlay '14.

1. #GBL
#ZBL
MAKING EDUCATION MORE MEANINGFUL, ONE ZOMBIE AT A TIME.

2. ABOUT ME
• Tobias Staaby
• Teacher at Nordahl Grieg
high school, Bergen
• I teach norwegian, history
and religion

3. WHAT I HAVE DONE

4. WHAT HAVE I DONE??

6. MAKING EDUCATION MORE MEANINGFULUSING ZOMBIES

7. MAKING EDUCATION MORE MEANINGFUL USING ZOMBIES

8. Unknown
method
Unknown
object
???

9. Unknown
method
Known
object
!!!

10. MAKING MORAL PHILOSOPHY MORE
MEANINGFUL USING THE WALKING DEAD

11. THE WALKING DEAD

12. • GOAL: TEACH THE STUDENTS FOUR BASIC ETHICAL THEORIES
• METHOD: USE THE WALKING DEAD AS AN ARENA FOR PRACTICING ARGUMENTATION AND
DISCUSSION USING ETHICAL MODELS

14. JORDAN SHAPIRO
«SCAFFOLDING FOR
EMPTINESS»

16. TOWARDS A NEW CANON?
MAKING LITERATURE AND NARRATIVES MORE MEANINGFUL USING THE LAST OF US
(and Skyrim)

17. “In ergodic literature, nontrivial
effort is required to allow the
reader to traverse the text”

18. THE LAST OF US

20. “
”
THIS MAY SOUND LIKE SUCKING UP, BUT I
REALLY HOPE THAT THIS WASN’T OUR LAST
PROJECT USING GAMES. THIS IS ONE OF THE
FEW ASSIGNMENTS I TRULY ENJOY WORKING
ON

21. READING METHODS:
• TEXT ORIENTED
• READER ORIENTED
• AUTHOR ORIENTED
• IDEOLOGY-CRITICAL
• FEMINISTIC

22. «A NARRATIVE THEORY OF GAMES»
• ESPEN AARSETH (2012)
• STORY COMPONENTS: «KERNELS» AND «SATELLITES»

23. Aarseth (2012)

24. Aarseth (2012)

25. Aarseth (2012)

26. SKYRIM

29. ANY QUESTIONS?

30. EXCELLENT QUESTION!

31. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?
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