Skill Trees: Gamifying The Hard Things
Panorama Rooms | Tue 21 Jan 9:10 a.m.–10:10 a.m.
Presented by
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Steph Piper
@https://mastodon.social/@sjpiper145
https://www.makerqueen.com.au
Steph Piper is a creative technologist and author of Skill Seeker, a book to help you track and level up your maker skills. She is the Makerspace Manager at UniSQ, and is passionate about making it easier to learn new skills. She also creates electronics kits for young girls that are now sold globally through US and UK stockists. With a background in biofabrication, Steph also teaches classes in 3D printing, Arduino and Hardware development. She built the 'Party Button', an iconic interactive art piece that featured at Curiocity Brisbane Art Exhibition 2021. For more info, see www.makerqueen.com.au
Steph Piper
@https://mastodon.social/@sjpiper145
https://www.makerqueen.com.au
Steph Piper is a creative technologist and author of Skill Seeker, a book to help you track and level up your maker skills. She is the Makerspace Manager at UniSQ, and is passionate about making it easier to learn new skills. She also creates electronics kits for young girls that are now sold globally through US and UK stockists. With a background in biofabrication, Steph also teaches classes in 3D printing, Arduino and Hardware development. She built the 'Party Button', an iconic interactive art piece that featured at Curiocity Brisbane Art Exhibition 2021. For more info, see www.makerqueen.com.au
Abstract
What if you could make video game skill trees based on real life skills to help you learn? This talk explores this concept with the Skill Trees Project repository, a source of printable skill tree templates. Just print them out and colour them in to track your progress, identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things. Hear about how the repository has grown from a few templates to 50+ skill areas covered, including translations, posters and now a book. Learn how skill trees might benefit you, and hear about the publishing journey from concept to published book. Find out the potential future expansion plans for this project and how to help the project grow.
Steph Piper is a creative technologist and maker. She is the Library Makerspace Coordinator at UniSQ, a space for students to create with 3D printing, electronics and more. She also creates beautiful electronics kits that are now sold globally through US and UK stockists. Based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Steph also teaches classes in 3D printing, Arduino and Hardware development.
For more info, see www.makerqueen.com.au.
What if you could make video game skill trees based on real life skills to help you learn? This talk explores this concept with the Skill Trees Project repository, a source of printable skill tree templates. Just print them out and colour them in to track your progress, identify skill gaps and get inspired to try new things. Hear about how the repository has grown from a few templates to 50+ skill areas covered, including translations, posters and now a book. Learn how skill trees might benefit you, and hear about the publishing journey from concept to published book. Find out the potential future expansion plans for this project and how to help the project grow.
Steph Piper is a creative technologist and maker. She is the Library Makerspace Coordinator at UniSQ, a space for students to create with 3D printing, electronics and more. She also creates beautiful electronics kits that are now sold globally through US and UK stockists. Based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Steph also teaches classes in 3D printing, Arduino and Hardware development. For more info, see www.makerqueen.com.au.