Game On! Board Game Design
Description
Students learn through play in this workshop or workshop series all about designing board games.
Through designing games, students can build project-management, teamwork, creative thinking, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. In addition, board games can be an incredibly fun way for students to demonstrate their understanding of a subject. Have students create a game that teaches about a specific subject matter, or let their creativity run wild!
For single workshops, students may begin by modifying existing games. Or, after receiving direct instruction, they might simply brainstorm concepts and gameplay mechanics, and create sketches for a new game.
For longer workshops and workshop series, students will move on to building a prototype for their new game and playtesting other's creations.
This experience is highly-customizable for different age groups, content, and workshop length.
Workshop capacity depends on school staffing and set-up.
Offered At
Pop Culture Classroom
Pop Culture Classroom's mission is to inspire a love of learning, increase literacy, celebrate diversity and build community through the tools of popular culture and the power of self-expression.
Pop Culture Classroom offers customizable one-off workshops and workshop series for students in grades 3-12 that incorporate Comics/Graphic Novels, Games, Film/TV, and Cosplay into the classroom. Led by pop culture professionals and experts, examples of classes include:
- Storytelling Through Comics
- Game On! Board Game Creation
- World-Building for Sci-Fi/Fantasy
- Create Your Own "Choose Your Own Adventure" story
- Design Thinking through Cosplay Creation
- Pop Culture Careers in Art
Ultimately, our programming is flexible, and we can work together to fit the needs of your learning spaces and students.
Pop Culture Classroom also provide professional development for teachers looking to incorporate pop culture-based learning into their classroom.
Visit classroom.popcultureclassroom.org to learn more and view our library of downloadable resources, including free curriculum, graphic novel teaching guides, and our own line of free Colorful History comics.
Details
Subjects
History, Science, Social Studies, Design Thinking, Art
Capacity
30 students, 1 chap. per 15 stu.
Duration
180 min.
Activity
School Based Program
Grades
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult, Postsecondary