G4LI Games for Learning Day at G4C 2011

1. Vittorio Marone
University of Padua, Italy
The
Sack School
LittleBigPlanet 2 as an Educational Environment
for a Community of Learners and Contributors
www.SackSchool.org
8th Annual Games For Change Festival – June 22, 2011 – New York, NY

3. Galileo Galilei

4. Giacomo Casanova

6. Italians & Video Games?
+

10. Maria Montessori

11. The Montessori Method

12. The Montessori Method
...and game design

13. Tinkering
Learning from mistakes
Problem solving Freedom to
explore and
Imagination discover
Self Self-regulated
expression learning
Creativity Manipulation
of the
Purposeful activity environment
Ownership
Critical thinking

14. “The more than four hundred pages of Maria Montessori's book,
The Montessori Method, is packed with lessons that seem at times
written as much for game development as they are for education.”
Brian Crecente, Kotaku.com

16. Will Wright

17. Seymour Papert

18. Constructionism
learning through design learning in communities

19. Easy Programming & Game Design

20. Media Molecule / Sony

21. The SackPerson
SackBoy
l
SackGir

22. LittleBigPlanet

23. Fight the Negativitron!

24. Game Modes
Play Story mode
Create User generated levels
Share Community

25. User Generated Levels
+ 4,000,000

26. LittleBigPlanet in Education

27. LittleBigPlanet in Education

28. Welcome to the
Sack School

29. The Sack School
A games-based online educational environment
www.SackSchool.org

30. A games-based online educational environment
Play
LittleBigPlanet 2 Create
Share

31. A games-based online educational environment
Members
Teams
SackSchool.org Subjects
Tips
Forum

32. A games-based online educational environment
Express needs
Discuss ideas
Meaningful Learning Collaborate
Share
Reflect

33. Free Space
Without Teachers Without Students

34. Community
Learners & Contributors

35. Learning “the Sack way”
In a collaborative, goal-oriented, problem solving space...
Fun Expres
sive
Multicu
ltural ding
l Rewar
Meaningfu
...with teachers, family, and friends!

36. Our (little big) planet
Knowledge
Reflection Metacognition
Curiosity Creativity
Imagination Innovation

37. Rethinking Games
+ Educational

38. A Call to Game Designers

39. Make every game a Game for Change.

40. Thank you!
www.SackSchool.org