Stuff from the making games for libraries events, other play and games type events I run, or have attended, plus a few other games / play related things... mainly related to libraries.
I had the pleasure of running an Educational Escape Rooms workshop in the East Midlands last week at the lovely Moulton College. I do have a soft spot for land based colleges and enjoyed having a pootle around the grounds at lunchtime!
Anyway, we had a productive day, splitting into groups to create prototype escape room activities. To get a flavour of what was produced, we recorded all the final prototypes:
Anyone else fancy something similar running, just give me a shout!
I've been updating the materials I use in the educational game making workshops I run occasionally. I thought it would be a good idea to turn them into a set of materials that other people could use at the same time as updating them for myself.
So the picture above is the final prototype - just waiting for the whiteboard to arrive (instead of the bit of paper the cards are resting on). With a bit of luck it'll all be finished in the next day or two - if anyone wants a set, I'll take some pictures next week of the finished thing and it'll be available on Teachkit.org.uk to buy. Along with details of the TeachKit Kickstarter I'm currently running!
TeachKits are a set of teaching materials you get through the post to
help you teach these things, especially if you tend to have "one-off"
sessions with students and need something quick and easy to add into
your teaching.
Depending on the topic, the TeachKit may contain
lesson plans, games, books, handouts, print and digital resources,
badges, or whatever else fits that topic well.
Boxes will be small enough to fit through most letterboxes without annoying trips to the post-office to pick them up!
Prototype box! Should fit through most UK doors...
The Kickstarter will fund an initial, quite generic box and help
gauge interest in producing an ongoing series of them. Ideas for topics
in future so far include: Evaluating your session; Ice Breakers; Search
Strategies; Sources of information; Referencing; General teaching skills
(including lesson planning); Critical evaluation; Developing a topic
(research questions and first steps); Open licensing; Copyright /
licensing; Plagiarism; Critical reading; Revision techniques; Escape
rooms for education; and Making games for learning. If we create an
ongoing series, they are likely to be available as a subscription, with
each box also available for one-off purchase for a limited time
afterwards. Estimated cost for future boxes is £40 each (+P&P).
The initial box available as a reward is:
Draft designs for the first box's materials.
Evaluating your teaching. This contains material to help
collect feedback to evaluate your teaching session. It will contain a
minimum of 5 ideas in the package, with materials including specially
printed post-it notes, cards, and paper feedback templates - more will
be revealed in the updates!
Please take a look at the full campaign and back us if you can, share with other interested people if you like it! http://kck.st/2svVc8c
