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MIL goes viral: The Guatemalan game app Tinamit

Can it take a village for youth to have fun learning Media and Information Literacy? The Guatemalan organization Comunicares says it can and has developed a successful interactive app.

What is Tinamit?

Tinamit means “village” in several Mayan languages. The app is a role-playing game where players have to make decisions and find solutions to everyday situations.
Playing, analyzing and finding alternatives

Dealing critically with disinformation is core to the game. Targeted at young people, it is based on the everyday life of indigenous youth living in Guatemalan villages.
Learning Media and Information Literacy via app

The game’s five protagonists are young Guatemalans who represent the five crucial skills which people need to learn Media and Information Literacy.
Lupita: Access

Lupita is a protagonist who works in a bookstore and looks after information available on or offline. She stands for accessing information in order to solve problems
Ana: Analyse

Ana is an alert, methodical and cautious student. She stands for dealing critically with unreliable online offers.
Cristian: Creation

Cristian is very active on social media. He stands for creating online content in a responsible way.
Sofia: Reflection

Sofia is a teacher who is reflective and teaches school students how to deal critically with disinformation. She stands for critically assessing news and potential online scams.
Mark: Action

Marc is a young tuk-tuk driver who is always helping people in his community. He stands for taking action against local rumors that put his community under pressure.
Learning to solve media challenges

Tinamit promotes media skills such as learning to recognize and avoid disinformation. Junior Gutiérrez of Zona K'iche' stated after playing: "It's important to know how to distinguish correct information from false information. Because there are people who take advantage of the need of others to deceive and swindle them. You have to doubt first and look for concrete and reliable information".
It's time to play!

Tinamit is teaching lessons to participants from different linguistic regions of Guatemala. 15-years-old Reyna Cun from the Kachiquel zone says: "I have learned to wait before trusting a source and not to give out information or personal details to someone I don't know". Shall we play?

What is Tinamit?

Tinamit means “village” in several Mayan languages. The app is a role-playing game where players have to make decisions and find solutions to everyday situations.
Playing, analyzing and finding alternatives

Dealing critically with disinformation is core to the game. Targeted at young people, it is based on the everyday life of indigenous youth living in Guatemalan villages.
Learning Media and Information Literacy via app

The game’s five protagonists are young Guatemalans who represent the five crucial skills which people need to learn Media and Information Literacy.
Lupita: Access

Lupita is a protagonist who works in a bookstore and looks after information available on or offline. She stands for accessing information in order to solve problems
Ana: Analyse

Ana is an alert, methodical and cautious student. She stands for dealing critically with unreliable online offers.
Cristian: Creation

Cristian is very active on social media. He stands for creating online content in a responsible way.
Sofia: Reflection

Sofia is a teacher who is reflective and teaches school students how to deal critically with disinformation. She stands for critically assessing news and potential online scams.
Mark: Action

Marc is a young tuk-tuk driver who is always helping people in his community. He stands for taking action against local rumors that put his community under pressure.
Learning to solve media challenges

Tinamit promotes media skills such as learning to recognize and avoid disinformation. Junior Gutiérrez of Zona K'iche' stated after playing: "It's important to know how to distinguish correct information from false information. Because there are people who take advantage of the need of others to deceive and swindle them. You have to doubt first and look for concrete and reliable information".
It's time to play!

Tinamit is teaching lessons to participants from different linguistic regions of Guatemala. 15-years-old Reyna Cun from the Kachiquel zone says: "I have learned to wait before trusting a source and not to give out information or personal details to someone I don't know". Shall we play?

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MIL goes viral: The Guatemalan game app Tinamit

What is Tinamit?

Playing, analyzing and finding alternatives

Learning Media and Information Literacy via app

Lupita: Access

Ana: Analyse

Cristian: Creation

Sofia: Reflection

Mark: Action

Learning to solve media challenges

It's time to play!

What is Tinamit?

Playing, analyzing and finding alternatives

Learning Media and Information Literacy via app

Lupita: Access

Ana: Analyse

Cristian: Creation

Sofia: Reflection

Mark: Action

Learning to solve media challenges

It's time to play!