Hey all, It'll be pretty low-key. Attached are the slides we'll be using to get our conversation started.
mark On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Eleanor O'Rourke < eorourke at cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just a reminder to take a look at these three games that will be discussed > during the Change seminar tomorrow: > > http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/ > http://www.superstructgame.org/ > http://www.urgentevoke.com/ > > > See you all tomorrow, > Nell > > > > On May 25, 2010, at 2:35 PM, Eleanor O'Rourke wrote: > > This Thursday at Change, Mark Chen and Katie Van Horne will be leading a > discussion about how online games can be used to address global issues like > hunger, poverty, and homelessness. > > This discussion will be based around a talk by Jane McGonigal of the > Institute for the Future given during TED2010. They will begin by showing > the brief video of her talk (view > online<http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html>) > and will follow up with additional details about the ideas discussed. They > will then lead a discussion focused around some of the more contentious > issues brought up by this talk. > > In order to facilitate discussion, Mark and Katie asked that you all try to > take a look at the three online games McGonigal mentions in her talk: > > - http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/ > - http://www.superstructgame.org/ > - http://www.urgentevoke.com/ > > Please take a look! > > *What:* Mark Chen and Katie Van Horne on Games to Save the World > *When:* Thursday, May 27th at noon > *Where:* Paul Allen Center, Room 203 > > > > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change at change.washington.edu > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > > -- Mark Chen | @mcdanger | markdangerchen.net PhC | Games Ethnographer | LIFE Center | UW Education This was sent from a PC with a full-size keyboard; misspellings and brevity are entirely my fault. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20100527/8de168db/attachment.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Games to Save the World.ppt Type: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint Size: 285184 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20100527/8de168db/attachment.ppt>
