Suzanne de Castell, Simon Fraser University Jennifer Jenson, York University

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Looking to Play to Learn A Multimodal Study of
Non-Formal Learning
Suzanne de Castell, Simon Fraser
UniversityJennifer Jenson, York University
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Two dimensions
Extending classroom discourse analysis to include
a broader range of communicational forms and
educational settings
The use of multimedia affordances for data
collection, analyses and, significantly REPORTING
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Language-as-speech is not any longer the central
medium of communication. We now live in a world
of multimodalityand in a world of
multimedia. Kress, et al. (2000)
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Meet Oliver the baby Emu.
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Being a tiger
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Attending to Art
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School learning
Playful learning
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Mass-mediated acculturation A new attentional
economy
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Richard Lanham construes attention as the action
that turns raw data into something humans can
use (Lanham 1994, n.p.), and he proposes that
under conditions of information saturation the
work of human attention is primarily enframing,
selecting and organizing from the vast stores of
available raw data those elements which enable
the movement from information to knowledge, to
understanding, to, in his terms, wisdom.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Video
Game
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Video
Game
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Click to enter
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Eyes Front
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A zoo classroom
What word do I take off my board? ltAre
vertebrates words??gt
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From centre to periphery
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U.S. children between the ages of four and
twelve spend 24 billion annually on everything
from soft drinks to computer computer games.
-- Market Trends, November 2003
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Pikmin -- 2 player POV (point of view)
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What was the name of the warthog in the Lion King?
Pumba, yes, thats right
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Attentional Objects Animals
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Trick Question
No mammals in the REPTILE house
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Attentional Objects The Peripatetic Professor
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Hurry up!
See more animals or else!
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Face to Face Encounter
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Walk and Talk
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Disruption Reacting to Animals
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Gesture to convey meaning
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Discursive and Gestural Practices
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Play and Attention
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Archetypal Narrative/s
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Ssshhh waiting for the warthog
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Losing track
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Play as Imitation
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Play and Risk
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A Tour Guide
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Story telling and attention
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Embodied Learning through Play
Creating a new species
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Blood Omen 2
A media rich environment
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Custodial Attention and (Re)Medial Violence
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Pay Attention or Else
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actual knowledge
Its just writing and all that