Cameron Malcher interviews Bill Cohen about game-design. Cohen goes beyond the usual coding and computer-aided approaches to focusing on ‘low-tech’ games. This included engaging with boardgames and outdoor games. This play-based approach focuses on developing clear metalanguage, feedback for mastery and working with an iterative design process. This reminds me in part of Amy Burvall’s notion of ‘
rigorous whimsy‘ and
BreakoutEDU. Some resources Cohen shared include
Boardgame Geek and
Lady Blackbird, while in a seperate post, Clare Rafferty has shared a
list of games associated with History.
If there is one thing that I have learnt as a teacher is that nothing leaches out fun mor than dropping a layer of education over the top of it – Bill Cohen (50 mins)
Malcher also provides a reflection on the place and impact of select entry schools on equity and equality.
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