Program
Thursday
8:30 Introductions and icebreakers
9:00 Whole Group Game Play: Hazagora
10:00 Break
10:15 Whole Group Game Play: Mining Game
11:10 Small Group Discussion: Could you see yourself implementing one of these games into your classroom? When thinking about implementation: What aspects of the game(s) are you hesitant about? What aspects of the game(s) are you looking forward to?
11:20 Road Check
11:30 Adjourn for the day
Friday
8:30 Overview
8:45 Whole Group Game Play - Generate
9:45 Break
10:00 Introduction on how to proceed with game creation
10:20 Working Groups - Split into small groups to either create a new game or create an assignment with one of the games listed below.
11:15 Workshop evaluation
11:30 Adjourn
Tentative Games:
- Generate: Climate/Energy
- Hazagora: Natural Disasters
- One Earth: Climate/Prosperity
- Mineral Supertrumps: Minerals
- Erosion: Geomorphology
- Guess What? Minerals!: Minerals
- EcoChains: Ecosystem/Environmental
- Rising Waters: Flooding/Hydrology
- Daybreak: Climate Change
- Coal Mines: Mining