[Air-L] Intro-level readings on games/gamification?

[Lauri Goldkind]

This is strictly speaking not an electronic/mobile game at all but squarely
in the social good arena. I'm using it in my classroom next term.

Social Life <http://teachpsych.org/page-1603066>
“C’est La Vie: The Game of Social Life: A Role-Playing Game for Teaching
about Privilege, Oppression, and Intersectionality” (2015)
 Instructor Resource Guide
<http://teachpsych.org/Resources/Documents/otrp/resources/bramesfeld/Bramesfeld_Introduction-FINAL.docx>
(Word document)
 Strategy Game
<http://teachpsych.org/Resources/Documents/otrp/resources/bramesfeld/Bramesfeld_Strategy%20Game.pptx>
(PowerPoint Presentation)

Author: Kosha D. Bramesfeld
Institution: Ryerson University
Description:  This resource is an empathy-based privilege and oppression
awareness intervention that can be used to help students engage in
difficult dialogues surrounding the issues of privilege, oppression, and
intersectionality.  The materials include (a) 64 character profiles and
game sheets that describe the demographic characteristics and resources
assigned to each player’s character, (b) a strategy game that presents
students with a variety of different decision scenarios that interact with
their character’s resources (described in a 33-slide presentation), and (c)
an instructor’s guide that covers the development of the game, its
recommended uses, and a debriefing and discussion points that help students
reflect on the outcomes of the game, its connections with real life
inequality, and the role that privilege and oppression might play in the
students’ own lives.

Best,

Lauri.

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Lauri Goldkind, PhD
Graduate School of Social Service
Fordham
http://www.laurigoldkind.net/

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you its going to be a butterfly.

--- Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)


On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:32 AM, live <human.factor.one at gmail.com> wrote:

> Games that do social good - students really resonate with Dr Jane
> McGinigal's  'Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can
> Change the World'.
>
> Great projects to reference are her 'Superbetter' and her New York Public
> Library collaboration 'Find The Future'.
>
> Cheers,
> SharonG
>
> Sent from my mobile device,
> please excuse any typos.
>
> On Apr 12, 2015, at 3:49 PM, "Luis E. Hestres" <luis.hestres at utsa.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm teaching an intro to communication technologies class for comm
> majors, and one of our last weeks is about games. This will include an
> introduction to the history of the industry and some content about its most
> visible aspects, like blockbuster console games. But I'd like to talk to
> them about other topics, like gamification or games that aim to do social
> good. Can anyone recommend some interesting & engaging freshman/sophomore
> level readings about these topics? Ideally some long-form journalism or
> accessible scholarly work.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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