Andrew Burn's presentation took us back to 2 years ago when we were addressed in Wellington by James Durran, as he had worked with James, and has recently written a book with him Media Literacy in Schools (You can see info here). His talk began with reference to old and new media divides and TV in the internet age...I like the term "glocalisation" that refered to thinking globally acting locally eg migrant children co-opting a global music genre.
He also talked about the 3c's model -Cultural, Critical and Creative with reference to Digital Games. (refer to added notes from the lecture)It was interesting to see the research he has been doing with James on Games and gaming culture. Have a peek at Parkside Community College where they specialize in Media studies.
Some points/ideas that I came away with were
- The ideas in old and new media are not that different
- Digital media is NOT ICT
- There are more people on computers than game consols
- Are the digital geeks leading the way for the rest of us?
- We need to be rethinking the authority of the teacher - are we cultural practitioner, researcher, creator, taster, theorist…???
- What is the role of gaming in our subject? In other areas?
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