e396. Games, Education, & Collaboration: The Role of Play in Learning and Connection

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We’ve all had a discussion or an argument about popular culture. Sometimes it happens on Facebook, Tumblr or Twitter. Maybe it was in a literature, history, philosophy or psychology class in college. Perhaps it was at the local comic book shop. Or maybe it was at a bar and you ended up stabbing someone with a bottle or bludgeoning them with a pool cue. All of these discussions are exactly the same. The tenured professor at an academic conference deconstructing Batman through a Derrida lens is really doing the same thing as a bunch of teenagers passing a joint around in their mother’s basement. One just uses bigger words and the other swears more. Honestly, though, we’re not sure which. So why not bring them all together? Vox Populorum is a blog and podcast devoted to pop culture criticism. We believe that the best way to understand culture is to discuss it. Please join our weekly round table of media critics, academics and fans for engaging discussion about movies, novels, comic bo

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e396. Games, Education, & Collaboration: The Role of Play in Learning and Connection

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e396. Games, Education, & Collaboration: The Role of Play in Learning and Connection

We’ve mentioned on the show in the past that a large portion of Mav’s job is teaching in the Digital Narrative and Interactive Design(DNID) program at the University of Pittsburgh. Hence the occasional shows dealing with Game Jam. However, we’ve never talked about it in detail. Why is an English department so involved with this sort of thing and what’s the value in studying games anyway? Well, ever since Mav’s been employed there, he’s been working on getting his friend, video game designer, author, and friend of the show Cheryl Platz a spot doing a guest talk at his school. Well, we finally did that this week, as Cheryl stopped by Pittsburgh while on her tour for her new book, The Game Development Strategy Guide. And her talk was a great success that the students loved.

But that still doesn’t explain why any of this is important. So we decided that maybe we should do an episode talking about that. So on this episode Mav welcomes back Cheryl, as well as his coworker, returning guest, Jessica FitzPatrick, and first time guest (and Cheryl’s husband), actor and playwright David Foubert to talk about the the importance of games, narrative and collaboration on education and culture. Listen and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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