MiLK: Mobile Informal Learning Kit

Overview
MiLK is a mobile gaming platform that allows users to create SMS-based mobile games quickly and easily. We have been working with graduate students from the Design and Technology program at Parsons and 6th and 7th graders at the Ross Global Academy to design and build games using MiLK. The goal of this work is to develop new gaming concepts for MiLK for play by both students and teachers, propose and develop supplementary platforms or content, and prototype, playtest, and document our research findings for use in further elaboration of the tool and related curriculum. Emphasis has been on developing a range of approaches for use of the platform through the exploration of three related domains: Game Design, Psychogeography, and Microfictions. Most recently, a set of MiLK games were co-designed by the graduate students and middle schoolers around the themes of disarmament and non-proliferation, and were played at the UN as part of a student-run games festival. See the LINKS section for images of students at play.

Development team
Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID)