Learning Through Alternate Reality Gaming-Special Guest: Chris Bigenho

Date: 
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Time:  
9:00am Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern

Location: Elluminate

Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2009-08-28.2243.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr

Tinyurl for full recording: http://tinyurl.com/n25hsw

Recording (audio): http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/alternaterealitygaming.mp3

Recording (chat): http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR+20+LIVE+29+AUG+09

Portable Video File *NEW*:  http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/alternaterealitygaming.m4v

Newbie question of the week: What is Alternate Reality Gaming and why would I want to use it in my classroom?
 
Topic: Learning Through Alternate Reality Gaming

Special guest: Chris Bigenho

If you'd like to play the game we experienced during the live show, you can use these links posted during the show:
Story and Link Progression

1. Back-story
2. E-mail Dee Dee: [email protected]
3. Dee Dee supplies link to collection of artifacts: http://athenaofzeus.wordpress.com/
1. Also supplies Email for Athena for end game- Save for later
2. [email protected]
4. Youtube video- MAX version: http://tinyurl.com/al7ahi
5. MX Blog: http://mxheadcase.wordpress.com
6. MAX Blog: http://maxheadcase.wordpress.com
7. Headcase Twitter Account: http://twitter.com/mxheadcas3
8. Email Athena: [email protected]
9. E-mail Keeper of secrets (Verification): [email protected]
10. http://drop.io/pot_of_gold
1. Password for Pot of Gold: Cr34tivity

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am link (all of the links from the show): http://gl.am/kZxp9

http://bigenhoc.wordpress.com/  (Chris Bigenho's Blog)
http://www.dlp4success.com/nais2009/Collection/arg.htm  (Introduction to Alternate Reality Gaming)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game (Wikipedia: Alternate Reality Gaming)
http://www.argn.com/what.html(What is an ARG?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_(game) (Wikipedia: The Beast was an alternate reality game (ARG) created by a team at Microsoft to promote the Steven Spielberg film A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.)
http://www.seanstewart.org/beast/intro/ (The A.I. Web game-Sean Stewart's introduction and explanation of The Beast (the first mainstream Alternate Reality Game).
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_args (Wired.com: Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games)
http://www.mirlandano.com/arg-quickstart.html (Alternate Reality Game Quick Start Guide)
http://www.unfiction.com/dev/tutorial/ (Tutorial for Playing Alternate Reality Games)
http://worldwithoutoil.org/ (WORLD WITHOUT OIL is a serious game for the public good. WWO invited people from all walks of life to contribute “collective imagination” to confront a real-world issue: the risk our unbridled thirst for oil poses to our economy, climate and quality of life-includes lesson plans for teachers)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/alternate_reality_games_viral_marketing.php (Alternate Reality Games: What Makes or Breaks Them?)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/24/games.internet (An Alternate Way to Play with Real World Problems)
http://www.slideshare.net/avantgame/make-an-alternate-reality-game  (Tips from game designer-Jane McGonigal: Suggestions for making your own alternate reality game)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/alternate-reality.html (CBC News: Alternate Reality: Nora Young on a new form of storytelling)
http://www.the39clues.com/ (39 Clues)
http://www.cathysbook.com/  (Cathy's Book)
http://www.cathyskey.com/ (Cathy's Key)
http://superstructgame.net/ (Superstruct: Play the game, Invent the future-explore the world of 2019. By playing the game, you'll help us chronicle the world of 2019--and imagine how we might solve the problems we'll face.)
http://www.wonderweasels.org/charlotte/guide.html (Charlotte is Missing)
http://www.wonderweasels.org/ (Examples of many ARGs)

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