World Peace Game Anyone?

This is the link to the video I mentioned earlier in class. I chose this
video because relates to what we've been talking about in regards to what
education will look like in the future. Now, there isn't a whole bunch of
"technology" or "mass media" in the video itself, but I
think that the game created by John Hunter and constituents does send a message
(in a mass way) to the public about how kids should interact with their
education and the types of topics and skills that should be integrated and prioritized
into our education curriculum for our rapidly, ever-changing society.

The speaker touches on two very important ideas. One, that we must believe
in and support the power of children because they themselves have an untapped
agency that we must call upon and develop in order to help fix our
human-damaged world. Two, the education and content presented to these students
needs to change radically in order to create a space for them to fulfill their
agency. The way he has decided to
introduce this is through an evolving, interactive game called the “World Peace
Game.”

If kids can do it, why can't we? I think one of the reasons is that kids
see things in more black-and-white and they are also much more imaginative and
creative (there is a lot of discourse out there that argues children are
"schooled out" of their creativity)

The most inspiring bit of the video I found was the potential
for educating and leanring in what Hunter had to say with with respects to “clearing
a space” for learning. Early in his
career, he asked what he was supposed to do and his boss replied “What do you
want to do?” What Hunter “wanted to do”
was impart that freedom onto his students. The anecdotal evidence he gave that highlighted some of the game’s successes
and discoveries really inspires me. It
really illustrates the ripple effect of what what one man was able to do with
freedom, and all of the lives he has touched and freed because of this. “What
do you want to do?” cleared the space no program directive or program to follow,
it gives all a chance to make meaning out of their own understanding

I enjoyed how humble and thankful John Hunter was--he truly believes
that we're all in this together and that no one will get anywhere without the
help of others. What’s more, we will be more likely to achieve an emotionally-mature/compassionate/critical
thinking mass once we see how everything is interrelated and interdependent
upon one another. Strength in numbers and strength in unity! (Not to go all V
for Vendetta on you).

I would like to know how I can get my hands on this game--or better yet,
create a "Canadian edition" of this game. And I wonder if you could modify it to
somehow include critical-thinking activities surrounding mass media
education? The possibilities and
potential seems endless! I hope you
enjoy it as much as I do..it’s 20min well spent, and it goes by quickly. Thanks
for reading J