Análise da ação Twitter na Convenção da Games Learning Society 2009

Para quem não conhece, a Games Learn Society (GLS), é um grupo de pesquisadores que estudam Jogos eletrônicos e ensino, conta com professores, estudantes e pós-graduandos de diversas universidade norte americanas como M.I.T., Universidade de Wiscounsin entre outras.
Quem nunca ouviu falar aqui está o SITE OFICIAL.

Logo após a convenção de 2009, foi feito uma análise sobre o uso do TWITTER.
Com essa inciativa, surgiu um texto que serve de exemplo e compreensão sobre o uso e aplicação desse instrumento de comunicação. Inclusive com direito a um sociograma.
O texto está neste link: http://onearmedman.com/research/glstweets.

World Of Warcraft como atividade para disciplinas escolares.

Apresentação de como utilizar o jogo World of Warcraft para disciplinas escolares. Com uma série de exemplos e aplicações, inclusive pode ser adaptado a outros MMORPGs.

Atividade: Seja curador de uma exposição de Arte Mongol

Navegando pela internet achei algo bem interessante, um site que propõem organizar uma exposição com a arte mongol. Aqui está o link .
Embora o conteúdo seja em inglês, e o objeto seja algo um tanto quanto distante da nossa realidade, trata-se de uma atividade muito bem elaborada, com seus objetivos e procedimentos bem descritos. Inclusive, pode servir de exemplo e ser adaptada de acordo com o objetivo de trabalho, nível etário e disponibilidade de materias.


The history of the Mongols in China dates back thousands of years. The Mongols were a fierce breed of people who survived and prospered in a time of war and violence. The most powerful and famous warlord in Mongol history was Chinggis Kahn, also known by his Persian name, Genghis Kahn. Born in 1167 AD, Chinggis Kahn's military power succeeded in uniting many of the individual tribes of Mongolia into one unified country under one powerful leader.

Although Chinggis Kahn will be remembered throughout history for controlling the largest empire at one time, much about Mongolia and its inhabitants still remains a mystery. Due to the geographical and political isolation of Mongolia, much about their culture and the religious beliefs are just recently coming to light. Western civilization is finally getting a chance to appreciate the fierce beauty of these nomadic people.

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The Task

You are a curator of a new Mongolian museum exhibit. It will be the first exhibit in history to reveal some of the mysterious artifacts of Mongolia. This could be the break that your curator career has been waiting for!

There is only one small problem...the anthropologist who has arranged the shipment of the artifacts in Mongolia has mysteriously disappeared. It does not appear that the anthropologist recorded any descriptions of the artifacts, but he did label each piece. Basically, you have a bunch of crates with old, expensive, and rare "stuff" in them. If you are going to pull off this exhibit, it will be up to you to carefully examine each artifact, identify it, and explain what each piece reveals about Mongolian culture.

Once you have determined all you can from each artifact, you will write a description to be included in the museum tour for each piece in the exhibit. You will also create a brochure detailing the exhibit and include a floor plan of the exhibit.

The Process

Step I - Inference Scenario

Before attempting to examine and identify the Mongolian artifacts, you must first brush up on your inference techniques. Complete the following scenario to refresh your inference skills:

SCENARIO:
You are an archeologist from the future whose task is to investigate a small uninhabited planet called Earth. The population of Earth has been extinct for thousands of years. After extensive searches, your archeological team discovers only one artifact, a small, metal disc.



After examining the metal disc, you need to answer the following questions:

What are the physical characteristics of the object? (Use your five senses to describe the object -- however, it would probably not be wise to taste the object!)
What inferences can you make about the function of the object?
What inference can you make about the culture of the people who made it?
what were their values?
what was their world view?
what was their philosophy?
What generalizations can you make about the people?
Now that you have sharpened your inference skills, you are ready to tackle the Mongolian artifacts!

Step II - Mongolian Poster

Before beginning to identify the art pieces, you need to review a bit of Mongolian history. Create a poster that creatively summarizes the key points of Mongolian History to hang in the foyer of the museum exhibit. Create a poster summarizing the following key areas of Mongolian history:

Shifting borders, invasions, and conquests
Tribal structures
Ways the Mongolian people lived, the Mongolian beliefs
Key Leaders (3-4 people)
Once you have identified the key aspects of Mongol history, put the key points on a poster. Be creative with the poster, by using pictures and colors! Be sure that the poster summarizes the key points clearly.

Step III - Artifact Identification

When you arrive at the museum warehouse, your team helps you uncrate each artifact. As you uncrate each artifact, you find it has already been labeled by the anthropologist. These labels give you a good starting point to begin your inferences.

Artifact I
The first artifact is a labeled "saddle". Click on the blue words to see the image.
What can you infer about the Mongolian people by looking at this saddle?
What did they value? Explain.
What materials are the saddle made from?
What do the materials tell you about the people? Explain.
Who do you think this saddle belonged to? Explain.
Artifact II
The second artifact is labeled "double spouted ewer". This ewer has an interior wall that separates two chambers so that two different liquids could be served simultaneously.

What can you infer about the Mongolian people from looking at this ewer?
What three animals are depicted on this ewer?
What do you think is significant about each animal?
What important animal is missing?
What materials were used in making this ewer? What do the materials tell you about the Mongol society?
Artifact III
The next artifact is a jacket labeled Boy do Khan jacket.

Who do you think wore this jacket? Explain.
What do the materials reveal about the person who wore this jacket? Explain.
What is the function of this garment?
Artifact IV
The next artifact is a tapestry or fabric hanging depicting the Phagspa Lama.

Who do you think the Phagspa Lama was based on in this depiction?
What was his occupation?
Was he wealthy or poor?
What was his importance to the Mongolian culture?
What material was this made from? What can you infer about the importance of Phagspa Lama based on the material?
Does the position of the Phagspa Lama figure resemble any other figure in history? Explain.
What is the lama holding in his hand?
Artifact V
The next artifact is a Tsongkhapa statue.

What do you think was the function of this piece?
Who is this statue depicting? Is it a positive or negative image?
What is important about the position of the physical body in this statue?
The eyes are downcast, what does this reveal about the identity and purpose of the figure in the statue?
Who is the statue depicting?
What can you infer that this statue reveals about the culture of the people who created it?
Artifacts VI-IX
The next crate contains an entire series of statues.

Statue A
Statue B
Statue C
Statue D
Select two of these artifacts and answer the following:

What do you think was the function of this piece?
Who are the pieces depicting?
Are they positive or negative figures?
What are the emotional expressions of the figures?
Are they connected to each other?
What do these figures help you infer about the culture that produced them?
Artifact X
The next artifact is labeled "horse statue".

What is this figure portraying?
Based on the materials used, what can you infer about the importance of this figure in the culture?
Why might this figure be made green? Do you think the green may symbolize something? Explain.
Artifact XI-XVI
The next crate holds another series of artifacts. They are several different statues.

Statue E
Statue F
Statue G
Statue H
Statue I
Select three of these statues and answer the following questions:

Looking at each statue, can you identify who each figure might be?
Of what importance to the culture is each statue?
Can you identify the genders of each figure?
What is the purpose of each statue?
Step IV - Artwork Exhibit Identification Cards

Now that you have identified all of the artwork, it is time to create the identification cards that will appear in the exhibit brochure.

Fill out the following for each piece of artwork:

The title of this piece is ...
Date-Early 19th Century (for all pieces)
The medium used to create this piece is...
Interpretation of Artwork:
The function of this piece was...
This piece reveals what about the Mongolian culture and people...
ARTIFACT INFORMATION CARD

TITLE:
DATE:
MEDIUM:
INTERPRETATION OF WORK:
Function:

Cultural Revelation:

Step V - Check Your Work With the Team

After all of the work you have put into this exhibit, it looked like you were actually going to pull it off successfully! Just two days before the tour grand opening, who shows up - but the original anthropologist who disappeared!!

The anthropologist has all of the records about each of the artifacts! Now you need to check all of your information against the information that you inferred from the artifacts.

Your career is on the line and the museum exhibit is scheduled to open in two days! You are desperate for help, so you ask the head curator (your teacher) of the entire museum for assistance. The head curator assigns each member of your team to look up two artifacts using the anthropologist's newly discovered notes. Check each Artifact Identification Card before you create the exhibit brochure.

Your teacher will assign each student to look up two artifacts using the new information provided by the anthropologist. Click here to view the anthropologist's detailed notes about each artifact. Create a new Artifact Identification Card for the two artifacts that you were assigned by the head curator. Include the following information on the new cards:

The title of this piece is...
Dates: Early 19th century
Artist:
Medium:
Interpretation of Artwork:
The function of this piece is...
This piece reveals what about the Mongolian culture and people.
While you are researching the two artifacts, your teacher will hang a large target in front of the class.

Each student will share their new artwork identification card with the entire class. After all of the new information has been shared, each student will place his/her original cards on the target board in the front of the class.

Each student will place his/her original card according to the following chart. Place the card...

in the center if their original inferences of the artwork were on target
slightly off target if their original inferences were slightly different
off of the target if their original inferences completely missed the board.
Step VI - Whole Class Discussion

Prepare to answer the following questions with the entire class:

After discovering the anthropologists notes, were most original cards on or off the target?
Were there specific artifacts that appeared on or off target more frequently than the others?
Were there common misconceptions made about the Mongolian culture?
Do you think there was any cultural bias involved in making the inferences about the artifacts?
Step VII - Museum Exhibit Brochure

Using the information you have gained by examining the Mongolian artifacts and reviewing the anthropologists notes, create a brochure to be used as a guide when people tour the museum exhibit. Create color sketches of each artifact and copy the Artwork Identification Card information into the brochure. Your brochure can take many forms. Try a tri-fold, a standard brochure format, or a flip chart format.

Also, create a floor map of the exhibit showing visitors to the various artifacts. Be sure to group all of the artifacts so that like pieces are together and the exhibit has a good flow. Be sure to label each artifact in the exhibit on the floor map and coordinate it to the description.

Try creating a tri-fold brochure for your exhibit!



Resources

Other Internet resources that will help you are :

BUHU
Mongolia Homepage
Mongolia
Virtual Mongol
Mongolian Exhibition
Learning Advice

If you have access to PageMaker, Quark, or Microsoft Publisher or a good word processing program, use it to make your exhibit tour brochure.

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on the thoughtfulness of your inferences about the artifacts. You will be evaluated on your final artifact research and whole class discussion. Also, you will be evaluated on the creativity, quality, and accuracy of the brochure you create.

Reflection

What role did technology play in completing this activity?
Why is it important for exhibits like the Mongolian Museum to tour different locations around the world?
How do inference skills help modern archeologists and anthropologists piece together the past?
Conclusion

The scope of the Mongolian empire was vast and powerful. In the midst of the war and turmoil that plagued the Mongolian people, great works of beauty emerged. The exhibit of Mongolian art gives us a brief glimpse of the more aesthetic side of the traditional Mongolian culture.

Extension Activities

Create a piece of artwork that reflects your culture. Be sure that the artwork is clear enough that if an archeologist uncovers it in a thousand years, they will be able to piece together some aspect of your life.
Create a geographical map of Mongolia at different times of its history. Show the extent of Mongolia's conquests and invasions throughout history.
Create a pictorial history of the life of Chinggis Kahn.

Games como reconstituição Histórica

Alguns jogos permitem criação de filmes, a lista de exemplos é vasta. Cada um com o seu tema (vida cotidiana, medieval, guerras, etc...). Alguns exemplos já foram postados aqui antes, igual a Gay Parade Medieval no Mundo de Warcaft.

Recentemente vi no Youtube uma reconstituição de uma batalha entre o Exército Napoleônico e um agrupamento de Cossacos, na Bielo-Rússia. Creio que isso é uma grande ferramenta para ensino de episódios do passado, servindo para aumentar a abstração e compreensão além das aulas e leituras.