Learning with Minecraft - EdTech Blog at Chatsworth. Gameful | Home. Breaking Boundaries with Virtual Worlds in a Science Classroom and a Teen Jail: Two Case Studies by Amira Fouad on Prezi. Art. Quest Atlantis. Best Games for Kids. Big Thinkers: Sasha Barab on New-Media Engagement. My name is Sasha Barab. I’m a professor of Learning Sciences at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. And I guess I'm here to share our experiences in getting kids engaged with new media literacies.
What does it mean to bring these new kinds of media to schools, and what are the opportunities and challenges in doing so? I am also principal investigator of the Quest Atlantis Project, and we are worldwide now. When we look at how kids are being positioned to engage, to tinker with, to explore, to represent themselves, to pursue their passions with these new media technology tools, and then we look at how disciplinary content of school is being positioned, we have a real disconnect. Teachers have been really enthusiastic about different ways of meeting standards. I think print-based literacy and textbooks, as they were traditionally framed, were really powerful for a long time.