“PLAYSCAPES”APPROPRIATING THE WORLD AROUND US FOR

EMBODIED LANGUAGE LEARNING

Paul Driver TICLinguas 2010Saturday, December 11, 2010

Disembodied Minds“School learning is often about disembodied minds learning

outside any context of decisions and actions.

When people learn something as a cultural process their bodies are involved because cultural learning always involves

having specific experiences that facilitate learning, not just memorizing words.” (James Gee 2004)

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Affordance

All interaction possibilities

All perceived interactions

All socially acceptable actions

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Paul Driver TICLinguas 2010Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Rabbit Hole

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Game Over?

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Storytelling and reflectionPaul Driver TICLinguas 2010Saturday, December 11, 2010

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Hybrid Spaces as Learning EnvironmentsSituated

Unpredictable

Emergent Narrative

Game Mechanics

Experiential

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