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ETAI Winter ConferenceETAI Winter ConferenceHaifa 2012Haifa 2012Hadar PeledHadar Peled

Agenda

• Who?– am I? and you?

• What?– is it all about?

• Why? – do we play?

• How?– will we do it?

Who?

• a mother

• an educator

• a student

• an actress/director

“Do not train a child to learn

by force or harshness; but

direct them to it by what

amuses their minds, so that

you may be better able to

discover with accuracy the

peculiar bent of the genius of

each.” 

― Plato

What is a game?• Games are an integral part of all

societies. • Animals play as well.• Ground rules for games:• All participants know and understand the

rules.• All participants choose to participate.• Start-end point• Space

History of games1. Since the beginning of human

being people played games.2. We have evidences of board

games from as early as 202 BCE-220 CE

3. We can find similar games in different parts of the globe.

Playing vs. Gaming

Play is an open-ended territory in which make-believe and world-building are crucial factors.

Games are confined areas that challenge the interpretation and optimization of rules and tactics - not to mention time and space.

Types of games• Small groups/big groups• Indoor/outdoor• Board game/computer

based/dice/card…

WHY????

• Increase motivation• Make it meaningful• Get the students active• Help to deal with heterogenic

classes• And much more….

Why not?

• Teacher should be able to manage the class in a certain way.

• Preparation time.• Teaching style

How?

• What should we think about when we want to

choose a game / design a game?– Target? Aims? Goals?

– Know your audience

• Set rules, time and space

• Make it beautiful!

• Think “out side the box”

Monopoly

Memory Game

It is your time!

Let’s Play!

Thank You!

Reference:• Playing and Gaming: Reflections and Classifications by Bo

Kampmann Walther

ארבל, חמוטל לחמן, דנוש אפשטיין, נורה קאופמן, הגר קבלינסקי בן-דור, דינה . •למידה באמצעות משחקים / חמוטל ארבל, דנוש לחמן, נורה אפשטיין, הגר

2011 , 32 אאוריקה ,קאופמן, דינה קבלינסקי בן דור