1. Game: Multiple tribes develop there own language (body movements without talking). The other teams need to try to figure out this new verbal language through gestures. Some of this can be sharing, some of this can be competative (Carolyn’s idea). How expressive a language is made can get your team points.
2. **Brainstorming on How to Teach Kids Responsibility and Respect in a Growing Digital World.**Role-Playing Scenarios (in real-life)*1. Structured around concepts of Humanism (Transhumanism/Posthumanism). essentially teaching ‘Respect’ and connecting with others of different backgrounds (when in safe environment). Also critical thinking on what is essentially human, so that can be used to connect with other humans.
2. Structured around DIgital Citizenship (essentially teaching ‘Rights and Responsibility’)*
- Targeted and age matched potentially (7-9, 10-12, 13-14 year olds).
- Hopefully others have experience with this concept and/or share similar values on such a curriculum. Is this both viable and also needed? If you are inclined please send audio from children talking about how they would feel about playing such a game? (or text mail is also fine) email: deewuok@gmail.com.
3. Consider the Questions:
- What it is to be a digital/future citizen
- Robot Workers (maybe robot rights) – uncanny valley. Consider how to interact with visitors/prejudice/strangers?
- Sustainability/New Animals/creatures
- Living with Technology
Provocations:
- A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings from http://media.turnofspeed.com/media/Breadwater/audiobook-garci21275.mp3
- http://annachron.wordpress.com This Brilliant Short Story has excellent writing that captures many interesting themes. Also very clever how you worked in the digital tagging is used in Ana Chron’s fictional short story. I’m thinking about using this link as a way to engage the older kids in immersing them into our role-playing story (13-15 y.o.s) ofour proposed game. Her Art is also excellent. I think the ‘bug’ like artwork mixed into gives it a part ‘eerie’ feel and colors of imagery are well matched. I believe this link came from Mariana Badarni from eduMOOC.
- http://prezi.com/gzvoxhpfuosc/ahuman-question-framing-autism-in-a-digital-world/ – this is a highly motivating piece of Media on how Austistism, the web’s potential to provide something new for children.