mindrising@igbl
TRANSCRIPT
MindRising@IGBL
FROM
BLOCKHEADS
TO
GREYHEADS
We started with an idea…telling stories
of Ireland
Past, Present and Future
to remember our past & imagine
our future
We started with an idea…telling stories
of Ireland
Past, Present and Future
to remember our past & imagine
our future
We wanted to find a new way to let
children be the designers of their own
learning, and
allow teachers to co-construct
learning experiences
video story world
past futureperson
place
theme
event
idea
place
theme
event
We set the frame and added some constraints,
pick your path, tell a story, research, build, produce & direct
www.mindrising.ie/toolkit
we started to build the toolkit
lots has happened since then….
more than we could have imagined
we joined the Ireland 2016 team
to celebrate Ireland’s
youth and imagination
MindRisers started to share….
others got involved in amazing ways
on a day to remember
our team began to grow
we had some unexpected surprises
and finally the entries we craved arrived
and we got to give out some prizes
and the winners are….
so how did we do by the
numbers…
450+ # of participants
overall
300+ # of schools
133days to go
until Excite 2.0 2016 Dec 14th
5k+ video viewers
10k+ web audience
44k+ twitter impression>2% engagement
So
what?So
what?
if you build it…. they will won’t care,
SELL SELL SELL
it takes courage to do this…
have
courage!!!
So what did we learn..
We had fun!!!
So what did you learn?
we solved
problems &
learned to
make trade-
offs
we worked
things
out
together
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we
learned
to
understan
d and be
understoo
d
So how was I for you
Mrs. MindRiser?
We had fun too!!!
reluctant
learners
engaged
I had to
‘let it
go’
To make
it happen
everyone
was
involved,
bridges
were
built
we face some challenges….
what’s the worst thing that could
happen
and then the interweb issues, broadband is a problem
but wait that’s just the opening act
in our story
MindRising V2.0 is focussed on the
future
we’ve started planning for V2.0
we’re building a learning
ecosystem for
a freerange learning future
British Geo Survey Data Rendered in Minecraft NBB we have the same for Ireland
British Ordnance Survey Data Rendered in Minecraft NB we have same for Ireland
City of Toronto Rendered in Minecraft we are doing for Dublin & Limerick
We want to build bi-directional links between the digital worlds and the physical worlds.Link X/Y Minecraft data to real-life locations
and our list of supporters and
helpers is growing
@mindrising16
www.mindrising.ie
www.dcu.ie/institute_of_education
creativity // problem-solving // sharing //
storytelling
MINDRISING
free-range-learning