Spencer Striker PhD - Job Talk
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Digital Media Design
To Ignite the imagination
Digital Media @ AUD
Spencer Striker, PhD
Threads
- GameZombie TV
- MAGD at UWW
- Galxyz, Inc.
- Next Gen Graphic Novel
- Little Big History App
- And Beyond...
IMAGINATION
21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES REQUIRE CREATIVITY &
PHD, WISCONSIN
MS, INDIANA
BA/BS, TEXAS
HISTORY, MEDIA, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY - A MEDIA GEEK AT HEART OBSESSED WITH LATEST TRENDS IN MEDIA TECH
GAmeZombie TV
authenticity sparks creativity...TO LIFE
Tell story of first GDD, 2007, faking it till you make it; snowball effect of legitimacy; increasing interconnectedness with industry...
Hundreds of world exclusives
Cliff Bleszinski (creator of Gears of War)
Play: Warren Spector, Epic Mickey Interview - "The World Is Your Canvas" http://youtu.be/0pL9aVQsNc4?list=PL139E4E7151C9B990
Real world partnerships
Play: Webby Reel Excerpt http://youtu.be/ty4BydCqZAs?t=2m1s
Intrinsic interests channeled into media verticals
FCP Timeline with over 30 layers of audio
GZ Indiana...
Speak to cross disciplinary aspect; 3 core teams: Digital Media Production, Web Design & Dev, and Entrepreneurship/Biz Dev; how the practicum studio design was replicable w diverse groups of students at multiple universities
...GZ wisconsin
4 Webby awards
Millions of views on the web...
Play: 50 Cent - starpower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W7OWuunjn4
MAGD
Selected CONTRIBUTIONS
- Forging connections between MAGD and Industry
- Curricular design & innovation
- Developing state of the art media/tech courses
New Comm Tech
Guest: Craig Newmark (Founder of Craigslist)
Social Media Optimization
Guest: John Battelle (co-founder of wired)
Galxyz
An Intergalactic science adventure
...There Lived a girl...
...Who wondered about the universe...
...And dreamed of adventure
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Navigating
the untold universe
You must defy...
...the Wicked king dullard
Play: Galxyz Teaser http://vimeo.com/107776043
Reiterate central theme: to engage students, wake them up, and make them feel that school and learning can be as exciting as an intergalactic hero's journey...
Reiterate central theme: to engage students, wake them up, and make them feel that school and learning can be as exciting as an intergalactic hero's journey...
Challenges
- Raising $3m in Series A Financing
- HTML 5 to Unity 3D
- Open Source to Original Video Production
- Interdisciplinary Friction
- Partnerships to Accelerate Brand Recognition, (e.g. NYAS)
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Collective Learning
Threshold 6
Play: Khan Academy Big History - Threshold 6
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/big-history-project/early-human...
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/big-history-project/early-human...
A Little big history
- Data Viz & Maps of Time
- Cinematics & Visual FX
- Gamification & Branching Threads
- Music & Sound Design
- ...to Bring the Pages of History to Life
Discuss funding opportunities; Bill Gates; crowdfunding; raising money privately and through traditional grantwriting
Forging External Partnerships, (e.g. the IBHA, Filament Games, Carnegie Mellon ETC); aggressive fundraising
Forging External Partnerships, (e.g. the IBHA, Filament Games, Carnegie Mellon ETC); aggressive fundraising
In alliance with the IBHA
And the Big History project (backed by Bill gates)
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World Without a name
- Next Gen Digital Graphic Novel
- Cinematics & Visual FX
- Music & Sound Design
- Fully Interactive
- Tablet-first; designed for a 21st century UX..
Discuss funding opportunities; Bill Gates; crowdfunding; raising money privately and through traditional grantwriting
Forging External Partnerships, (e.g. the IBHA, Filament Games, Carnegie Mellon ETC); aggressive fundraising
Forging External Partnerships, (e.g. the IBHA, Filament Games, Carnegie Mellon ETC); aggressive fundraising
Designing Future Media tech to Ignite the Imagination
Thank you!
Questions?
spencerstriker@gmail.com 608.301.5578 SPENCERSTRIKER.COM
