As a game designer, digital storytelling is a primary part of my career direction. Audio, visual, graphical, textual, contextual and many more forms are all part of games. Games are even listed in the course syllabus and the Wikipedia page for digital storytelling.
Out of the different things that Jim requested help with, I'm planning to focus on assignment ideas. Mini-games, levels and quests are all like assignments, so I'm going to see what kind of cray ideas I can come up with for Jim's course, and I know he's okay with a little cray. He IS the Edupunk after all.
Honestly, it sounds like a fun group to work with. I think it will be interesting working with a bunch of these people Jim knows, and to see how it affects my game design ideas for educational games.
Have fun, spread the word and tell me what you think,
Igen Oukan
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