introductory video (6:27)
Before
Game Terakoya Multiliteracies slides
2
Participation Project Ideas and Examples
Reaction to Participation Project Assignment
Share our goals Assignment
Games to look at
Prof. deHaan's board game library
Your game interests Assignment
Deciding and scheduling new games and groups: Assignment
--> How to play new games Sheet
3+4
--> Post-Game Discussion (Post-its) Activity
5+6
Known Games - Analysis and Participation Assignment
--> New Games - Analysis and Participation Assignment
Textual Analysis Worksheet
Media education research questions
--> End of semester report: Assignment
Ask questions, read, report: Assignment
Project proposal Assignment
7+8
Project Planning, Recording, Reporting: document
After
Brainstorm reflective questions
Thesis work document
Other documents:
A grading rubric / feedback document for the Game Terakoya work: document (currently testing)
A simple game diary: pdf
Lots of activities with digital games: pdf
- longer game diary,
- vocabulary worksheet
- phrases for chatting about games
- game FAQs
- game reviews
- game fanfiction
- game design project
- game project examples
2011 Games and Education Course: pdf
- gameplay notes of describing/giving meaning/experience and opinion of elements
- rules and genres
- game research assignment
- game industry assignment
- analyzing advertisements
- a movie to print and play board game and advertisement and presentation and boardgamegeek upload)
2012 Games and Education Course: pdf
- playing and critiquing and reading about and designing and playtesting and presenting games related to:
-- modern board games, educational games, games and language learning, simulations and games for change
2013 Games and Education Course: pdf
- reading and critiquing games, and then 3 "21st Century Skill" projects:
-- teaching someone else a game ("community"),
-- playtesting a game for someone else ("critical thinking")
-- designing a game for an organization ("collaboration")
Playtesting feedback form: pdf
1-page design document: jpeg
Big Game design document: pdf
Examples of classwork:
2018 Game Terakoya seminar's Spring report and reflection on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/80885/activity-report-our-seminar-2018-previous-term-ver
Highlights of board game rule books: Pandemic and Ticket to Ride
4 week multiliteracies lesson with guidance and examples related to discussions and analysis (rulebook, online text analysis, gameplay language analysis, concept essay, game history report)
4 week multiliteracies posters (discussions, analyses, game remixes): https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=japangamelab&src=typd
A board game review posted to BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1724050/railways-world-perspective-japanese-student
15 week course:
- syllabus
- materials: