Monday, June 16 summer session 2

Monday, June 16, 2008

Summer Session 1

Schedule Day 1


8:00 am Greet parents/kids, get forms (receipts, payment, consent), rating form, allergies, cell phone, check “in case of emergency” list

8:30 am Welcome (Barb/Rachel), Intro to Lab, Orientation, Overview of rules and

Expectations
8:45 am Ice Breaker - Interview each other

What are your likes and dislikes?

What do you hope to get out of the games lab? Why are you here?

What are your hobbies?

What’s your favorite food?

What’s your favorite subject?

Etc.

9:20 am Guided Game Play

Choose one game you have never played before

--Burnout

--Dormax 2 (DDR)

--Katamari Damacy

--Wii Ski

--Wii Boom Blox

--Mario Kart


10 am Snack/Discussion on game critique, followed by consultants critiquing their favorite game

Design Activity: Game critique

[Explain why they are doing this assignment; e.g., developers need to know what they think about games]

What is the name of the game you played this morning?
What is the purpose of the game? [objective, what is your goal when you play it?]
What would you do to improve this game?
Name 3 things you like about this game.
What age would you recommend this game to?

10:25 am Typologies assignment (assign for homework – each consultant gets 10 sheets of paper to take home and write down 10 games they have played at home or at a friend’s house – title of game and brief description on one side of the paper.)

10:30 am Video Closet

Introduce and model how to video closet, then let them respond to video closet question.

11.00 Guided game play
11:50am Clean up

12:00 pm Dismissal
No blog

Video Closet: What was your favorite game you played today and why?

Homework: Typology Activity – Write down 10 game titles and a brief description of each game on 10 sheets of paper. Bring back Tuesday.