The Hero’s Journey Animated!
Robot Heart Stories: Transmedia & Education
Robot Heart Stories is the first in a trilogy of experiential learning projects from award winning storytelling visionary and experience designer Lance Weiler and creative producer Janine Saunders. Each project will inspire young and old alike to co-create and share. The goal is to reboot how we think about learning in an effort to unleash a collaborative journey into the future of education. The trilogy focuses on air, land and sea in three unique participatory storytelling initiatives designed to develop creativity, digital literacy and collaborative problem solving skills.
Teaching Childern to Code with Games
Deadly robots, dramatic arenas, and asynchronous strategy are all part of Hakitzu - a game developed by Kuato Studios that introduces kids to Javascript, one of today’s most popular programming languages.
With no programming knowledge necessary, players will develop a range of coding skills through strategic game-play and customizable robots. Multiplayer competitions, achievements shared on social networks, regular upgrades and downloads
Transmedia, Hollywood 4: Spreading Change
On Friday, April 12, 2013, the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television is teaming up with USC Annenberg School of Communication and USC School of Cinematic Arts for the Transmedia, Hollywood 4 conference. Presented by the Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. foundation, the theme of the conference will be “Spreading Change”.
T is for Transmedia, learning through transmedia play
Henry Jenkins and The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab presents the ‘T for Transmedia report’ which attempts to outline some core transmedia design principles for educators, media producers and young people.
More notes on Transmedia here
T is for Transmedia, learning through transmedia play
Henry Jenkins and The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab presents the ‘T for Transmedia report’ which attempts to outline some core transmedia design principles for educators, media producers and young people.
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The superpower of CODE in education
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Drew Houston, among other digital leading figures, tell you why.
Understanding Transmedia: How story worlds are changing the art of communication by John Hartman
Interactive Frankenstein edition for iPad via curiositycounts
The Time Tribe a transmedia project by Karen Wehner via @TTTKaren @Thetimetribe @Floerianthebard
The Time Tribe is a transmedia time travel adventure for kids aged 8-13. With an overarching story that brings players to some of human history’s most exciting times and places, the experience combines serial storytelling, point-and-click adventure gaming, the best of virtual world activities, and real world quest objectives. With all content derived from actual history and archaeology, the game is designed to encourage thoughtful engagement with the common problems humanity has faced across time and space, and to foster empathy and appreciation for other ways of life in our increasingly global society.
Look out for more at The Time Tribe’s Pinterest
