Game Terakoya Seminar 2020
What is it?
- teaching and learning spaces (seminar, classes, workshops, slack communication)
- for exploring identities and roles
- related to language, education, games and society
How does it work?
- we purposefully play, discuss, analyze and apply games
- we ask and answer questions
- we remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate and create
- we plan and reflect on work
- we learn from others
Why do we do it?
- to build strengths
- to pursue happiness
- to participate in personal, public, academic and professional areas of society
- to transform ourselves and society
Does it work?
Yes:
- Research article 3: https://www.llpjournal.org/2020/04/13/jidokan-jenga.html
- Research article 2: https://www.llpjournal.org/2020/04/17/dehaan-gt-class1-walkthrough.html
- Research article 1: https://www.llpjournal.org/2019/09/18/dehaan-what-how-why.html
- Activities feed: https://twitter.com/hashtag/gameterakoya?src=hash
Sequence of Work
Meeting and Homework Schedule
Journey Guidebook (Assignments/Worksheets)
Game Terakoya Keywords
Further Instructions and Ideas
Examples (Homework, Documents, Projects, etc)
0. February Meeting
- introductions
- a short game
- about the seminar / Game Terakoya (GT) / pedagogy of multiliteracies (ML)
- participatory project goals
- Game Terakoya seminar as a bridge to your future
- about the thesis
- homework assigned (#1)
- join Slack
1. Pre-seminar homework
- "Pre materials" "about you" work: document
- Multiliteracies pedagogy / Game Terakoya work: document
- introducing some participatory projects and then react: document: document
2. First seminar in April
- present and discuss "pre materials"
- present and discuss ML and GT work
- present and discuss project reactions
- show and explain the Journey google document
- the ML/GT sequence
- the importance of reflecting, feedback, iteration, and thesis work
- make copies of the Journey google doc (share)
Homework
- work on your Journey document. add links and notes (share)
- reflect in the diary space in 2b on your Journey document
- shall I share some games in Slack so we can discuss them each day?
Homework is here
Homework after first seminar in April (before 5/12 online meeting)
Professor deHaan will:
- look at your ML presentation and leave comments
Homework after first seminar in April (before 5/12 online meeting)
You, please:
- each of you, open and make a copy of the GT Journey document for yourself: google document This is what you/we will be using all the time in the seminar.
- share your copy of the Journey document with Prof. deHaan and the other students
- on the Journey document, read and fill in and complete and link documents on pages 1 through 7 (up to step 3) - I have tried to mark places to write or link other documents with this emoji 🖮
- I have put a "benkyo nikki" space in 2b, in case you want to put notes there, for example, your reactions to lessons, little notes and thoughts.. these will be REALLY useful when you write your thesis.
- let me know if you have any questions about the info in 2. You can add comments to your doc and I will see them.
- answer any comments Prof. deHaan has on your ML presentation
May 12 online meeting
2. we will go over your ML presentation
2. we will briefly go over your Journey document work
- thesis work
- reflection/iteration
- Austin's butterfly reaction
3. we will talk about Games
- do you have an idea about what to play to meet your goals?
- I can introduce some games
- take notes in #3 section in your Journey doc.
Homework:
(4a) do some more game research
(4b) link games and goals
(5) decide and schedule games - we will need to chat on slack (and in your Journey docs) for this
(6) OPTIONAL: language work
May 26 (tentatively)
7) Play games. Record data
8a) introduce debriefing of game(s)
10. Open your eyes
17. After the Journey
- post materials - document
18. Thesis work
- thesis sharing informed consent: document