G4C13 Jewish Time Jump: New York
Jewish Time Jump: New York A Digital Mobile Augmented Reality Game for Learning Jewish History
In this place-based geo-locative Augmented Reality game, players travel back in time to the early 1900s in Greenwich Village to uncover a story in Jewish and American history that has been lost to time. The game and interactive story takes the form of a situated documentary, and runs on the ARIS platform for iPhone and iPad. Design rationale for Jewish Time Jump incorporates theory and design-based research in Jewish education, history education, place-based learning, studies in religion, culture, and media, and mLearning. The game centers on the events of the Uprising of 20,000, a garment workers’ strike in which a number of young Jewish women were among those who lead 20,000 shirtwaist workers out into the streets. On their quest to uncover stories, players gather multiple perspectives on the ground from digital characters and events, while gathering clues through historical artifacts including newspapers of the time, (with Yiddish translation) and various artifacts.
Rabbi Owen Gottlieb and ConverJent are represented at the festival by Jennifer Ash and Alex Britez.
G4C13 Jewish Time Jump: New York
Jewish Time Jump: New York A Digital Mobile Augmented Reality Game for Learning Jewish History
In this place-based geo-locative Augmented Reality game, players travel back in time to the early 1900s in Greenwich Village to uncover a story in Jewish and American history that has been lost to time. The game and interactive story takes the form of a situated documentary, and runs on the ARIS platform for iPhone and iPad. Design rationale for Jewish Time Jump incorporates theory and design-based research in Jewish education, history education, place-based learning, studies in religion, culture, and media, and mLearning. The game centers on the events of the Uprising of 20,000, a garment workers’ strike in which a number of young Jewish women were among those who lead 20,000 shirtwaist workers out into the streets. On their quest to uncover stories, players gather multiple perspectives on the ground from digital characters and events, while gathering clues through historical artifacts including newspapers of the time, (with Yiddish translation) and various artifacts.
Rabbi Owen Gottlieb and ConverJent are represented at the festival by Jennifer Ash and Alex Britez.