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Overview

Apathy is an enduring problem in education. Educators struggle to find strategies and tools for engaging learners. Yet often the same learners are captivated by non-academic novelties, like music, movies, and games. Playful Interest Bridging (PIB) is a strategy of re-purposing such novelties as educational tools. It is a playful, opportunistic perspective to complement other pedagogical foundations. Playful Interest Bridging urges educators to take a genuine interest in students' facility and fascination with new technologies and entertainments.

My work currently focuses on Ink, a free, online, multiplayer game for writing and reflection. In the long-term, I'm interested in using multiplayer, online, role-playing games to teach civic discourse, citizen empowerment, and social justice. I'm also interested in leadership and team skills and structures that foster divergent, creative thinking, while staying focused on a convergent task.

See also: Opportunity Knocking: Co-opting & Games (concept essay)
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