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Zombie Geography and Future History Teaching with Narrative “Increase Engagement with Storytelling” David Hunter, MiT Former Teacher Curriculum Designer Zombie-Based Learning [email protected] om Roy Zimmermann Director of Education and Scholarly Communications, Microsoft Research [email protected]
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This is the presentation for the workshop at SXSWedu given by David Hunter, Founder of Zombie-Based Learning and Curriculum Designer.
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Zombie Geography and Future History
Teaching with Narrative
“Increase Engagement with Storytelling”David Hunter, MiTFormer TeacherCurriculum DesignerZombie-Based [email protected]
Roy ZimmermannDirector of Education and Scholarly Communications,Microsoft [email protected]
1. Come up with an interest– A topic/genre/or hobby you are interested in and have
some knowledge about.– Examples: Zombie apocalypse, time travel, fashion
design, skateboarding, teleportation, Steampunk, Harry Potter™, etc
2. Come up with a learning objective– The subject you’d teach– Examples: Geography, History, Math, Science, Visual Art,
Programming, Entrepreneurship, etc
ThinkAs you get settled:
1. Pair with someone next to you and share your topic and learning objective.
2. Discuss why you chose these.
Pair
1.Your idea2.An idea you heard
Share
Zombie Geography and Future History
Teaching with Narrative
“Increase Engagement with Storytelling”
Agenda
• Better Learning Experience• Teaching with Narrative• Examples– Zombie-Based Learning– ChronoZoomers Guild
• Designing Narrative for Learning Experiences
What you’ll do today:
• Outline a project• Integrate narrative for engagement
1 sentence
Engagement
Stages of Narrative Integration
• Prompt
• Integrated Materials
• Interactive Elements
• Parallel Story
• Extended Creativity
Better Learning Experience
Narrative
Brian Herzog http://flic.kr/p/72vcrc
Suzanne Collins and Scholastic
Lego and Warner Bros. Pictures
Philip Roeland http://flic.kr/p/esYCpU
Better
=As engaging as
outside of school
Zull, James E. The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning.
Learning
=Setting up the
Learning Process
Soria moria slott, Theodor Kittelsen, 1900.
KimMaida http://fav.me/d4cse7y
Better Learning Experience
=Cohesive experience that
promotes learning and engages students.
Building a Learning Experience
• Hook• Inform• Play/Practice• Apply• Extend
What is Narrative?
How can narrative build a better
learning experience?
Memorable
Cohesive
Empathy
Creative
But Wait…
THERE’S
MORE!
Narrative
Assessment
21st Century Skills
EngagementStudent-centered
Middle school geography curriculum set in the zombie apocalypse.
The Geographer Johannes Vermeer, 1669
George A. Romero’s Flyboy,Neca, Reel Toys, 2005
Dead Reckon
www.ChronoZoom.com
join.ChronoZoom.com/teach
Middle school and high school projects teaching history through time travel.
Ivan Egorovich by Ilya Repin, 1877
Chronological Thinking
Multiple Perspectives
USC Games, 2014
Rick Veitch, 2014
ChronoZoomers Guild
Design
Stages of Narrative Integration
• Prompt
• Integrated Materials
• Interactive Elements
• Parallel Story
• Extended Creativity
1 sentence
Engagement
Conceptual Integration
Spectrum of Integration
Shared Activities Shared Concepts
Prompt/Driving Question
1 sentenceExamples:Zombie-Based Learning: “How would you map data to predict where zombies will spread?”
ChronoZoomers Guild:“How would you change history to prevent WWI?”
• Zombies• Time Travel• Existing Storyworld
• Fashion Design• Sports• Baking
• Geographer• Historian
• Scientist• Writer
• Computer Programmer• Magician
• Historical Thinking:• Chronological Thinking• Historical Comprehension• Analysis• Research• Issues (Identifying issues in
the past, forming a position on a course of action, evaluating a decision).
• Time Travel:• Messing up the past• Change the future• Paradoxes• Prevent bad things• Multiple dimensions• Time-shock
Historical Issues Prevent wars/atrocities
historical issues prevent historical atrocities?
Historical thinking (historical issues)
Time Travel
How can we understand issues in order to prevent historical atrocities?If you could time travel, how would you prevent WWI?
Share!
Integrated Materials
Information resourcesExample:
Create a plan for how to change history to prevent an event.
• Researching possible causes• Understanding causality• Forming an opinion• Supporting an argument• Considering new outcomes• Events are not inevitable
• Policy memos on time travel• Time travel brochures• Time travel tutorials• Informational websites• Video tutorials• Time travel training• Etc.
• Researching different causes• Understanding causality• Making decisions• Supporting an argument
• Policy memos• Video tutorials
Share!
Interactive Elements
A safe way to practice the new information.
Example:
Research, understanding causality, decision making, supporting arguments
Supporting Arguments: Practice making up arguments on different topicsand practice supporting them properly.
• States a clear point• Supports the point with
relevant evidence
Argument doesn’t include a clear pointor relevant evidence.
Ideas: Maybe I could have a game where students play in a group and use random phrases to construct an argument.
Constructed the strongest possible argument
What topic to choose. Share their argumentsChoose the best evidence
Ideas:Maybe it could be like Cards Against Humanity, students pull an argument for each round and use the evidence in their hand to support it as best they can.
Maybe they have 1 piece of evidence per group per turn, and they each write an argument for that evidence. Best one wins.
A student can create various quality arguments.A student can evaluate the quality of arguments.
Group card game where students connect arguments and evidence around time travel.
Student assesses and creates arguments.
Share!
Parallel Story
Sets up project scenario
Example:
Create a presentation making an argument and supporting it with evidence.
Time travellers are planning to manipulate history to prevent a certain event. They must choose/argue what to change in order to accomplish objective.
Research for evidence and use ChronoZoom to present the argument and evidence.
Researching possible causes. Deciding on the best decision.Figuring out what might happen with the best decision.
• Researchers for CZG• Tossed into their first big
challenge• Unsure whether they can
overcome challenge
• 200 years in the future• North America• Very large organization
Use ChronoZoom to present how you would change history to prevent WWI.
New recruits at the ChronoZoomers Guild have to figure out how to change history and prevent WWI.
Share!
Extended Creativity
Give students a chance to go even deeper.
Example:
Deeper application of skillsReal world application of skillsPublishing forum for student to express their creativity
• Research other events to prevent• Consider the impact of changes• Consider what would happen with the “wrong” changes
• Write about characters using other challenges• Create more antagonists for the character• Create their own time travel stories.
• Research historical events• Support arguments• Consider causes• Consider impact of events or decisions
• Share presentations online• Present to an audience• Publish a story (fan-fiction)
• Online forum around these creations• Competitions/contests for deeper work
Write their own stories or apply the same objectives to other events.
Continue these skills in other projects.Build ways to share work with others.
Share!
Better Learning Experience
Narrative
1 sentence
Engagement
Questions
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