Another great game from Jane McGonigal. So many ideas here to steal! Log in and start playing … I really like the positive vs shadow columns. It really gets group discussion going. In class I would do this with sticky notes.
“Welcome to the year 2026, where strange and surprising things are happening
.Anyone can use the Ledger to teach or mentor anyone else. (And get paid for it.) In fact, you can pay down your student loans by teaching forward what you learned in school.
You can get credit for learning that happens anywhere, not just in schools or formal classes. The Ledger will also track skills you build just doing what you love, or spending time with friends and family. Employers can match you with projects and gigs that perfectly fit the level of learning you have right now. There’s no need to finish school to have a thriving career. When you master a new skill at work, that goes on your learning record, too. You have a complete record of how much income each skill or lesson you’ve learned has helped you generate—so you know the exact value of every part of your education.
Investors can help pay for your education. In return, they get a percentage of your future earnings tied to the skills they paid you to learn. This fuels a new speculative economy as people invest in building a workforce for what they hope will be the most lucrative skills.
Could a future like this really happen? It’s already happening. Today, learning, working, and living are already combining in thousands of unexpected ways. Here are some clues: The Learning Ledger scenario is based on real changes that are already happening. No one can predict the future. But thinking about the future is a way to find out what’s possible…. and to think about which futures we want, and which futures we don’t want. ”
Check out this interactive page at http://www.learningisearning2026.org/graph which replaces a traditonal gradebook as a feedback mechanism for participation. I achieved something similar using a Google Community statistics analyser. But I had set most of my communities to Private so I couldn’t get the information. There is a Moodle forum plugin that does something similar.
How could you adapt this Learning Game for a different topic? The basic idea is someone makes a comment and then someone else in the group responds with one of these :
Keep the story going. If this happens, what might happen NEXT?
What action could someone take TODAY to help make this future LESS likely?
If you share this concern, say so here! And why!
Curious? Ask or answer a FOLLOW-UP QUESTION