Affinity Space - Music Sharing

Discovering, Sharing, and Personalizing New Music

By Zach Greenwald

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Affinity Space

“…places where people interact around a common passion”

- James Paul Gee and Elizabeth Hayes

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SoundCloud

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Affinity Space

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“In an affinity space, everyone can, if they want, generate material for others to use”

- James Paul Gee and Elizabeth Hayes

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What if I want more?

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Affinity Space

“…encourages and enables people to use dispersed knowledge, knowledge that is not actually at the site itself”

- James Paul Gee and Elizabeth Hayes

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ThisSongIsSick.com

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Photo taken from http://thissongissick.com/blog/

Affinity Space

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“…encourages and enables people who use it to gain and spread both intensive knowledge and extensive knowledge”

- James Paul Gee and Elizabeth Hayes

Affinity Space

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“…leaders are resources. Different people lead in different areas and being a leader means in large part, resourcing, mentoring, and helping people”

- James Paul Gee and Elizabeth Hayes

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The End

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Works Cited• Gee, J.P. & Hayes, E. (2009) Public Pedagogy through Video Games: Design, Resources and Affinity Spaces.

Game Based Learning. Retrieved from http://www.gamebasedlearning.org.uk/content/view/59/