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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Playing In The Classroom With The Ivanhoe Game - Stephanie Kingsley, Chronicle of Higher Ed
Built as a WordPress Theme, Ivanhoe is simple to install and easy to learn and use. Rather than have students in your course on Gothic fiction write a paper after reading Dracula, why not have them assume their theoretical stances in the forms of roles and experiment with them — and thus better develop them — by playing an Ivanhoe Game on the novel first? Give your game a title and description/prompt, and you’re ready to go! Even create rules for your game if you like — although none are required! Ivanhoe can be played in any discipline, with a variety of media, and with players of all ages and educational backgrounds. Players develop roles related to any topic and then make comments from their assumed roles.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/playing-in-the-classroom-with-the-ivanhoe-game/57713