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November 26, 2007

Phone call to the 14th Century classroom activity

"Jordon, Jess, GO!" pointed me me to Phone Call to the 14th Century: "Impart as much useful knowledge as you can to a resident of the 14th century, in one minute -- GO!"

Kasper Hauser: Phone Call to the 14th Century

It occurred to me that you could use the same concept in a history classroom, and I hope one of my history-teaching friends will give it a try. Since most of you teach German history, you could do something like, "Phone Call to 1938 Germany." Play them the podcast, first, so they get the idea. I think it would be way better than "Historical Jepordy." Jordan S. -- try it with your high school students! Let me know how it goes!

Speaking of games, today I was thinking about the difference between people who play games for mastery (of rules, content, other players) versus those who play for engagement (with rules, content, other players) -- I know that's a little simplistic, and lots of people play for both, and there's probably other reasons to play, but anyway, that's just the kind of simplistic observation that strikes me on my dog walks. I should get Nat to recommend some books on game design theory.

Posted by mary at November 26, 2007 9:15 PM

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