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...

CORRECTION: The stream will begin at **1:00PM ET** TODAY (SATURDAY, MAY 2)! Tune in for a great conversation!

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

This week's episode features the third in a three-part series where @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social construct a storyworld to demo the collaborative #worldbuilding process! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #highered #design #education #teaching #gamedev

This week's episode features the second in a three-part series where @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social construct a storyworld to demo the collaborative #worldbuilding process! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #highered #design #education #teaching #gamedev

For this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social cooked up something REALLY special: The first in a *THREE-PART SERIES* demoing the collaborative #worldbuilding process from beginning to end! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #highered

Worldbuilding is deferred meaning in practice. I teach my kids history through stories of builders who outlasted empires. Empathy across time starts there. Patterns repeat: Einstein's order vs Derrida's flux. Pick your map and build on it.

In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social and @thergenrader.bsky.social achieve escape velocity to soar beyond the book's pages and discuss the related (critical!) subject of transmedia storytelling: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #highered #teacher #k12 #writing

In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social and @thergenrader.bsky.social interview their colleague, friend, and author of The Worldbuilding Workshop's foreword, @edufuturist.bsky.social: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #highered #faculty #teacher #academia

In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social embrace their inner Waldorf & Statler to deconstruct the book's epilogue while entertainingly grousing about the current state of #highered: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teacher #k12

What could be more fun than me and my good buddy @thergenrader.bsky.social talking through the best way to bring a worldbuilding project to the satisfying, fulfilling conclusion learners deserve? We hope you've enjoyed the show thus far—thanks for listening! #EduSky #design #assessment #teaching

In this week's episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop Podcast, @steveslota.bsky.social and @thergenrader.bsky.social debrief on the debriefing process described in the book's fifteenth chapter, “Wrap-Up and Critical Reflection": www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education

Another fun chat with my pal @thergenrader.bsky.social, including nods to @dndbeyond.com, Free League's @vaesen-rpg.bsky.social, and Vampire: The Masquerade as well as @codingconduct.cc, @brendaromero.bsky.social, and @hbo.bsky.social's The Rehearsal! ✨ #EduSky #education #highered #k12 #roleplay

In this week's episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop Podcast, @steveslota.bsky.social and @thergenrader.bsky.social provide a professorial profile of performative play practice in their deconstruction of "Chapter 14: Role-Play"! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #roleplay

Don't miss this conversation between @steveslota.bsky.social, @thergenrader.bsky.social, and the fabulous @edufuturist.bsky.social! Their Q&A covers the ins and outs of #worldbuilding as well as its implementation in a range of #teaching and #learning environments! #EduSky #education #teacher #K12

I am very excited - and heartened - to host Steve and Trent at 2 pm ET today. Their work is so creative and rooted in a sense of care. Please join us!

🚨 REMINDER 🚨 @steveslota.bsky.social and @thergenrader.bsky.social will be joining today's Future Trends Forum with @edufuturist.bsky.social to talk shop about all things worldbuilding from 2:00 - 3:00p ET! Use the quoted link to listen in, ask questions, and connect with other attendees! 🌎

Tomorrow (Thurs, March 5) from 2-3p ET, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social will join scholar of futurism @edufuturist.bsky.social's Future Trends Forum to discuss The Worldbuilding Workshop! ✨ All are invited to chat/ask questions live! RSVP at: georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social and @thergenrader.bsky.social (re)simulate the brainstorming and co-authorship process behind the book's thirteenth chapter, “Simulations"! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #teaching #simulation #gamedev #education

In this week's episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop Podcast, @steveslota.bsky.social and @thergenrader.bsky.social hop, skip, and jump through the creation of wiki entries for complex, coherent, and convincing worlds! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #design #teaching

The deeper we dive into the text, the happier I am with how it turned out. It often feels like the attention economy renders us invisible, but the fact that some educator somewhere someday might discover and love the worldbuilding approach we've created makes me glad to have written TWW. #Education

In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social meditate on metanarrative leads and apply their characteristically zen thinking to The Worldbuilding Workshop’s eleventh chapter, Constructing the World Narrative! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky

Super excited about this one! It makes for an excellent companion to @volts.wtf / @michaelhobbes.bsky.social's wonderfully thoughtful convo abt "reactionary centrism" as well as @hankgreen.bsky.social's recent "Possibly Humanity's Best Idea" video. Hope you'll tune in! #EduSky #highered #teaching

In this week's episode, @steveslota.bsky.social & @thergenrader.bsky.social sing @wikipedia.org's praises while commiserating over the death of truth. Join their impassioned discussion abt “Wikipedia as a Model for Worldbuilding": www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education

@thergenrader.bsky.social coming in hot with questions about whether his course-planning process comports with contemporary learning science and best practices for instructional design (spoiler: somehow, it does!). Find our convo wherever you get your podcasts! #EduSky #K12 #design #worldbuilding

In this week's episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop Podcast, @steveslota.bsky.social playfully ponders @thergenrader.bsky.social's project planning pop-quiz as the pair probe Chapter 9, “Class Preparations"! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #teaching #pedagogy #highered

This may be our most important and relevant conversation to date. We get into identity, how it interacts with environmental context, and what it means for developing empathy/taking meaningful action in emotionally-charged situations. We hope you'll tune in! #EduSky #highered #teachers #K12

In what @thergenrader.bsky.social and @steveslota.bsky.social have dubbed "our most (potentially) polarizing episode yet," the two deconstruct Chapter 8: Examining Life-Worlds Through Demographics! Join the fun at: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #education #teaching

Delighted to share this week's *energizing* episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop, in which @thergenrader.bsky.social and @steveslota.bsky.social tackle the intersectional scaffolds that produce a world's social forces: structures and substructures! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis...

One of the best parts about doing this podcast with @thergenrader.bsky.social is that we just... talk. There's no scripted outline. We have a list of chapter subheaders, and ADHD does the rest. It's always fun to see where our minds end up. We hope you've been enjoying the ride! #EduSky #education

If you love great storytelling, this week's episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop is for you! Trent and Stephen go ham on Chapter 6: Worlds in Space and Time, discussing popular media as a way to understand "big picture" worldbuilding concepts! www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis...

In which @thergenrader.bsky.social and I discuss an article/chapter near and dear to my heart but regrettably didn't fit into TWW. Join our exploration of contemporary concepts that are *vitally important* to the playful learning community. We hope you enjoy it! #EduSky #design #games #education

We've eagerly awaited the release of this week's episode... The reveal of our DODECA-TUPLE SUPER SECRET CUT CHAPTER, "Gamefulness, Playfulness, and Fun"! 🤯 Tune in for hot takes on all things game-based learning: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #teaching #highered #K12

It can be tough to organize effective assessment measures, so @thergenrader.bsky.social & I discussed our approach for worldbuilding-based activities/classes. Tune in for advice on measuring learner progress as transparently, fairly, & productively as possible! #EduSky #education #learning #edtech

This week's episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop Companion Podcast tackles Chapter 5: Assessment! Join us as we break down our evaluation process for worldbuilding and world modeling activities: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #EduSky #highered #teaching #K12 #worldbuilding

On this week's episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop Companion Podcast, @thergenrader.bsky.social and @steveslota.bsky.social dig into Chapter 4: Collaboration and Community! Available wherever you get your podcasts! 🌎📖 www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis... #teaching #EduSky #design

We've had a blast recording this show—not only is it rewarding to break down our thinking (esp now that @wrldbuildingwrkshp.bsky.social is out), but it's nice to hear the opinions of someone whose perspective I really respect and value. We hope more educators have a chance to tune in soon! #EduSky

On this week's episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop Companion Podcast, @thergenrader.bsky.social & @steveslota.bsky.social discuss Chapter 3: Theory to Practice! Check it out on our website or wherever you get your podcasts! ✨ www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast/epis...

@colinwoodard.bsky.social @thergenrader.bsky.social & I just published our new @mitpress.bsky.social book, The Worldbuilding Workshop: Teaching Critical Thinking and Empathy Through World Modeling, Simulation, and Play, and as one of our inspos, we'd love to send you a copy. DM to coordinate. ☺️

@volts.wtf @chrislhayes.bsky.social @thergenrader.bsky.social and I just published our new @mitpress.bsky.social book, The Worldbuilding Workshop: Teaching Critical Thinking and Empathy Through World Modeling, Simulation, and Play, and we'd love to send each of you a copy. Just DM to coordinate! 😊

In which we explore differences between gamification & playful learning; discuss how simulations & case studies enhance student engagement; deconstruct relationships between #roleplay & #creativity; & dive into The Worldbuilding Workshop. Wherever you get your podcasts! #EduSky #highered #teachers

In addition to the third episode of The Worldbuilding Workshop Companion Podcast, we're delighted to share that our Fueling Creativity Podcast interview with @matthewworwood.bsky.social and @cyndiburnett.bsky.social is now streaming! fuelingcreativity.podbean.com/e/world-buil...

Our goal is to help educators teach critical thinking and empathy by way of richly authentic world models and thought experiments. We want learners to inhabit others' perspectives—some quite different from their own—so they can appreciate the world as a dynamic web of interrelated social forces.

"What can be done to reconfigure education for the challenges of modernity?" We must engage critical thinking and empathy via deconstruction of the planet’s most complex, urgent questions using collaboration, inquiry, and reflection—a process we call worldbuilding. www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com

Wherein @thergenrader.bsky.social and I discuss the ideas embedded in each chapter, why we're passionate about those ideas, and what we're hoping the book will accomplish (that is, being a force for good in a turbulent, frequently-difficult-to-navigate reality). ✨

The first two episodes of The Worldbuilding Workshop Companion Podcast are out now! It's basically like reading the book alongside the authors! 😅 Available on Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Amazon Music, YouTube, and Spotify: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com/podcast #podcast #EduSky #education

It's the big day! 🤩 There is a 20% discount for anyone who purchases a print copy through Penguin Random House. Enter code READMIT20 at checkout. The audiobook edition of The Worldbuilding Workshop is still being fine-tuned, but we plan to release it very soon... More details to follow! ✨🌎

WE HAVE LIFTOFF! After four years of brainstorming, writing, revision, peer review, and proofreading, THE WORLDBUILDING WORKSHOP launches TODAY! Thank you to @mitpress.bsky.social for making this happen! Visit: www.theworldbuildingworkshop.com #education #highered #teaching #design #k12 #edtech

New this week from the MIT Press. Congratulations authors! 📚👇