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Sack School The LittleBigPlanet 2 as an Educational Environment for a Community of Learners and Contributors Vittorio Marone University of Padua, Italy 8th Annual Games For Change Festival – June 22, 2011 – New York, NY www.SackSchool.org
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LittleBigPlanet 2 as an Educational Environmentfor a Community of Learners and Contributors
Vittorio MaroneUniversity of Padua, Italy
8th Annual Games For Change Festival – June 22, 2011 – New York, NY
www.SackSchool.org
Galileo Galilei
Giacomo Casanova
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Italians & Video Games?
Maria Montessori
The Montessori Method
The Montessori Method...and game design
Critical thinking
Problem solving
Learning from mistakes
Imagination
Creativity
Ownership
Self expression
Tinkering
Purposeful activity
Self-regulated learning
Freedom to explore and
discover
Manipulation of the
environment
“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
Will Wright
Seymour Papert
learning in communitieslearning through design
Constructionism
Easy Programming & Game Design
Media Molecule / Sony
The SackPerson
SackBoy
SackGirl
LittleBigPlanet
Fight the Negativitron!
Play
Create
Share
Story mode
User generated levels
Community
Game Modes
User Generated Levels
+ 4,000,000
LittleBigPlanet in Education
LittleBigPlanet in Education
Sack SchoolWelcome to the
The Sack School
A games-based online educational environment
www.SackSchool.org
Play
Create
Share
LittleBigPlanet 2
A games-based online educational environment
Members
Teams
Subjects
Tips
Forum
SackSchool.org
A games-based online educational environment
Express needs
Discuss ideas
Collaborate
Share
Reflect
Meaningful Learning
A games-based online educational environment
Without Teachers Without Students
Free Space
Community
Learners Contributors&
Learning “the Sack way”
Fun
MulticulturalMeaningful Rewarding
...with teachers, family, and friends!
In a collaborative, goal-oriented, problem solving space...
Expressive
Our (little big) planet
Reflection Metacognition
CreativityCuriosity
Knowledge
InnovationImagination
Rethinking Games
+ Educational
A Call to Game Designers
Make every game a Game for Change.
Thank you!
www.SackSchool.org
