#lookuplookdown

[russellstyles]

… federal presence….

Idea Exchange ( Old Post Office), Water St S, Cambridge, Ontario,🇨🇦

[russellstyles]

trending.... . .

third tondi on Thursday, Finn Slough, Richmond, BC,🇨🇦

[brieflycleverdesigner]

W3 - Reflection

First of all the two are not synonymous or mutually exclusive. To be honest I am still processing the Abstract: “A User-Centered Theoretical Framework for Meaning Full Gamification”. More on this later, however I listened to the entire hour of Mr. Michael Materas walk through of his year long in-class game. So in effect, Materas structured his entire curriculum similar to a game like Risk or Settlers of Catan. This is a very challenging construct and required some heavy lifting in its design and implementation. I know for my own applications this would be reduced to bite sized microlearnings to emphasize a particular concept as I do not have an entire year. For example I facilitate customer service training and one concept, is around culturally appropriate amounts of eye contact with Elders. I take 10-20 participants out side weather permitting and we form a circle. The game is “Look up - Look down” the rules are simple and anybody can play ( I have not had any blind participants yet) Rules are simple the caller (usually myself) say’s “look down” and even looks in to the middle of the circle and the I say ‘look up” everyone must look someone else in the circle in the eye (no dark sunglasses or looking into the sky). If the other person you choose to look at is looking back at you... your out of the circle an the circle gets smaller until there are two remaining and usually do a rock paper scissor for the winner. This game is always a hit as you try to look at someone whom you think would never look at you... and ironically at some point they are! There is always laughter and it is a great way to energize a group before going into more serious material. After being inspired by classmates blogs it clear that using game like elements to create sticky learning events is what we all want. Participants that are motivated by either a sense of belonging that goes beyond the content or perhaps options to be successful that may not follow only a few select paths to the glory. Some of us see the points and scoring as a way to build that momentum...I am a fan of the Materas method of building buy-in with rock solid design elements (it looks cool therefore I will try it out)and maybe some compelling user interface like augmented reality circa Pokemon go. So now your students are bought into the ecosystem of the learning event and the reward currency is within the game itself and motivation incentives open like giving breaks on due dates or extra free time etc.

[ja-nel]

Random find. #sidewalkpoetry #muse #lookuplookdown (at Clinton Street/Southeast 12th Avenue MAX Station)

[fifocycle]

Floorgazing. #colombiantiles #lookuplookdown #perfectpalette #offtrackontheroad #colombiamicorazón (at Mercado Del Río)

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