Campfire Games
Indigenous Australians are the custodians of important cultural understandings. On many occasions I read that they are gifted with a sacred artistic skill. The Dust Echos website published on the ABC is an opportunity to respectfully share their culture. It was fun to try out some of the games and activities published on this website. I rather liked the quote by Actor-Musician, Tom E. Lewis:
"Dust Echoes is one way that we are bringing everyone back to the same campfire - black and white. We are telling our stories to you in a way you can understand, to help you see, hear and know. And we are telling these stories to ourselves, so that we will always remember, with pride, who we are." link
Bill Kerr has taken our ASISTM cluster on some interesting journeys following the ACEC2006 conference when we began to explore the area of games programming for indigenous students using GameMaker. Some good words by Noel Pearson from the Cape York are listed on this LearningEvolves wiki page where you can also read of the work by Kym Urquhart of Gillen Primary School, Alice Springs.
It is as if we need to stand with a foot in the past and our minds to the future. Perhaps telling stories about the campfire is a good place to start.
"Dust Echoes is one way that we are bringing everyone back to the same campfire - black and white. We are telling our stories to you in a way you can understand, to help you see, hear and know. And we are telling these stories to ourselves, so that we will always remember, with pride, who we are." link
Bill Kerr has taken our ASISTM cluster on some interesting journeys following the ACEC2006 conference when we began to explore the area of games programming for indigenous students using GameMaker. Some good words by Noel Pearson from the Cape York are listed on this LearningEvolves wiki page where you can also read of the work by Kym Urquhart of Gillen Primary School, Alice Springs.
It is as if we need to stand with a foot in the past and our minds to the future. Perhaps telling stories about the campfire is a good place to start.