The Worldbuilding Workshop
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The Worldbuilding Workshop: Teaching Critical Thinking and Empathy Through World Modeling, Simulation, and Play Authored by Trent Hergenrader and Stephen Slota Foreword by Bryan Alexander Published by MIT Press Now Available
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social interview scholar of digital rhetoric, game design, & Native studies Dr. Wendi Sierra: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #nativestudies #media #gamedev #indiedev #language #futurism
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social debate whether digitizing artifacts (particularly to train #LLMs) justifies the loss of their physical forms: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #genAI #museum #history #library #mediastudies
This is *exactly* what @thergenrader.bsky.social and I were talking about on this week's episode of @wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social! Framing is a deliberate choice that deeply influences how people form world narratives, especially wrt available attention, time, and/or digital info literacy skills.
Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · 3w agoAxios and NYT headlines have more aggressive anti-socialist framing than the WSJ but all point to the same narrative.
Those who listen to the end will be treated to my *favorite* part, where @thergenrader.bsky.social clicked his heels, spun in a circle, and said @chrislhayes.bsky.social's, @colinwoodard.bsky.social's, and @volts.wtf's names three times in a mirror, hoping they would appear. 🔮🥲 #attentioneconomy
The Worldbuilding Workshop@wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social · 3w agoIn this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social examine the complexity of our modern information ecosystem as well as how/why different people and institutions propagate different world narratives: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #medialiteracy
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social examine the complexity of our modern information ecosystem as well as how/why different people and institutions propagate different world narratives: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #medialiteracy
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social go deep on the unique opportunities and challenges of worldbuilding in #STEM classrooms: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #highered #science #education #K12 #chemistry #physics #biology #math #enged
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social retrace the books, articles, & other thought-provoking media that have most inspired their scholarship: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #highered #research #reading #learning #education #K12
Special shoutouts to @nintendousa.bsky.social's #legendofzelda #BOTW and @cdprojektred.com's @thewitcher.com as well as AppleTV's #widowsbay and New England folk legend The Leatherman: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather...
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In which we discuss how meticulously designed games like @bandainamcousa.bsky.social's #darksouls and historical cities like Madrid communicate complex narratives through geography and artifacts! 🌎🎮 #EduSky #creativewriting #storytelling #worldbuilding #history #historyed #education #gbl #highered
The Worldbuilding Workshop@wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social · last mo.In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social assess the intersection of environmental/emergent storytelling practices in physical and digital realms: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #storytelling #writing #design #gamedev #indiedev #narrative
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social assess the intersection of environmental/emergent storytelling practices in physical and digital realms: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #storytelling #writing #design #gamedev #indiedev #narrative
How often does @kballestrini.bsky.social think about Rome? Every day! But not for the reasons those weirdos on Twitter do... Tune in to learn about the development and implementation of the text-based Latin #language #ARG #RPG Operation LAPIS! #EduSky #roleplay #classics #Latin #k12 #highered
The Worldbuilding Workshop@wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social interview award-winning Latin and classical history educator @kballestrini.bsky.social: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teaching #Latin #ACTFL #classics #Rome #history #languageed
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social interview award-winning Latin and classical history educator @kballestrini.bsky.social: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teaching #Latin #ACTFL #classics #Rome #history #languageed
This "podcast promoter" keeps trying to sell us his services by claiming he'll boost @wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social in the rankings. I haven't responded because the emails are becoming increasingly unhinged. Will he eventually offer us gold? Jewels? His hand in marriage? Only one way to find out!
![Emails from a "podcast promoter" attempting to sell services that will boost The Worldbuilding Workshop's ranking. Desperate for a reply, the messages become increasingly strange and funny over time.
June 8: "Hey Trent, Is this your podcast? The Worldbuilding Workshop: Companion Podcast. We recently helped Todd, host of Highly Sensitive People, grow from 500 to 12,000..."
June 25: "Hi Trent, Either you've been taken aboard a UFO or hate my emails. I reached out a couple of days ago suggesting how you could grow The Worldbuilding Workshop..."
July 2: "Trent, I've attempted to reach you about growing your show to 10k monthly downloads, but have had no success (sad face). Either you've been eaten by alligators..."
July 8: [Meme depicting Mr. Bean looking at his watch and laying down next to a road; text reads "me waiting to hear back from you"]
"[Name] excited and nervous to hear back from you."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7h33jz6ybkjdmb7ulqp6k6k7/bafkreienekabewzv5ltlspcdh7lo256tdibtgcruo447pup3dvsg3wxc34)
Wherein we discuss key sociopolitical & economic factors as informed by climate journalist @volts.wtf, @huffpost.com's @michaelhobbes.bsky.social, @ms.now's @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social, @theonion.com's @bencollins.bsky.social, @theatlantic.com's @radiofreetom.bsky.social, and my hero, Carl Sagan! 🌎
The Worldbuilding Workshop@wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social contemplate the creation & spread of “unrealities” fueled by algorithmically charged mis- and disinformation: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teaching #literacy #media #comms #fakenews
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social contemplate the creation & spread of “unrealities” fueled by algorithmically charged mis- and disinformation: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teaching #literacy #media #comms #fakenews
When @thergenrader.bsky.social and I say we're doing an episode of @wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social about United States history, this is what we mean:
Stephen T. Slota@steveslota.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn which we highlight @colinwoodard.bsky.social's "American Nations" as a great foundation for world modeling + Ta-Nehisi Coates, @nhannahjones.bsky.social (@the1619project.bsky.social), @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social / @davidwengrow.bsky.social ( #TheDawnofEverything), and more! #EduSky #historyed
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social apply their worldbuilding framework to the United States in a conversation about the country’s semiquincentennial: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teacher #history #UShistory #July4
In addition to discussing how Mike Young & I conceptualized "Epic Fail," we talk through the rise/fall of Seymour Papert's Logo, overlap between "Epic Fail" & @doctorow.pluralistic.net's "Enshittification," & implications for collaborative worldbuilding! #EduSky #edtech #design #highered #research
The Worldbuilding Workshop@wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social review the (2017) Exploding the Castle book chapter “The Inevitability of Epic Fail” and discuss its implications for worldbuilding: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teacher #edtech
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social review the (2017) Exploding the Castle book chapter “The Inevitability of Epic Fail” and discuss its implications for worldbuilding: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teacher #edtech
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social talk tabletop roleplay to break down its affordances for collaboration, reflection, & creative writing: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teacher #learning #teachered #ttrpg #gamedev #rpg
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social interview @uconn.bsky.social #edtech scholar Dr. Michael Young abt #GenAI impacts on #K12, #highered, & corporate education: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teacher #learning #teachered
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social and @thergenrader.bsky.social talk shop about personal favorite digital role-playing games and how they reveal their worlds through interaction: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #gaming #rpg #roleplay #gamedev #storytelling
Tune in to hear a trio of nerdy nerds nerding out about mythology, stories, & playful learning, incl. Roger's forthcoming book re: cooperative adventure card games! We hope you enjoy the convo as much as we did! ☺️ #EduSky #GBL #design #indiegames #games #cardgames #mythology #CCGs #creativewriting
The Worldbuilding Workshop@wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social interview classics scholar @tinperegrinus.bsky.social about recombinatorial storytelling in ancient epics & cooperative adventure card games: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #gaming #education
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social interview classics scholar @tinperegrinus.bsky.social about recombinatorial storytelling in ancient epics & cooperative adventure card games: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #gaming #education
We hope you'll join the conversation to learn more about AbleGamers, the National Center for Learning Disabilities, Understood.org, @stevesaylor.net, @gamemakerstoolkit.com, & @georgemasonu.bsky.social's exceptional Anya Evmenova! #EduSky #accessibility #gamedev #indiedev #K12 #teacher #inclusivity
The Worldbuilding Workshop@wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social discuss the ins and outs of #accessibility as relates to worldbuilding, design practices, & the broader educational ecosystem: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #UDL #disability #design #education
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social discuss the ins and outs of #accessibility as relates to worldbuilding, design practices, & the broader educational ecosystem: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #UDL #disability #design #education
In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social and @thergenrader.bsky.social honor May the 4th/Revenge of the 5th by expressing their love of (and frustrations with) the best example of transmedia storytelling on earth: Star Wars www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education
**Beginning NOW!** Join the stream for a fun-filled discussion about hopeful speculative fiction and worldbuilding concepts/strategies with @worldanvil.com, @thergenrader.bsky.social, and @steveslota.bsky.social ! Twitch: www.twitch.tv/worldanvil YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9tH...
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Writing Hopeful (+ Evidence-Based!) Speculative Fiction with Trent Hergenrader & Steve Slota
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CORRECTION: The stream will begin at **1:00PM ET** TODAY (SATURDAY, MAY 2)! Tune in for a great conversation!
The Worldbuilding Workshop@wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social · 4mo agoTOMORROW (SATURDAY) MAY 2 at 2:00PM ET Join @thergenrader.bsky.social & @steveslota.bsky.social for a Q&A about hopeful speculative fiction w/@worldanvil.com's @worldanvil.bsky.social! Twitch: www.twitch.tv/worldanvil YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9tH... #EduSky #gamedev #education #teaching
TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MAY 2 at 2:00PM ET Join @thergenrader.bsky.social & @steveslota.bsky.social for a Q&A about hopeful speculative fiction w/@worldanvil.com's @worldanvil.bsky.social! Twitch: www.twitch.tv/worldanvil YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9tH... #EduSky #gamedev #education #teaching