Greetings traveller,
Welcome to my A1 exploration of the changing Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) landscape within an increasingly mobile world. From first understanding what D&D is, to highlighting major changes with mobile technology, to evidencing the effects of mobility on the game itself and education, I hope my project is both entertaining and enlightening.
Beware, adventurer, ahead lie complex dungeonscapes, magic, and monsters…
https://sites.google.com/view/dndmobileproject/home
Hello Kevin,
Thank you for your A1 on Dungeons & Dragons. You’ve done a great job giving the viewer a taste of the complex and detailed realm of role-playing. My school has had great success in offering a Dungeons and Dragons club. It became so popular that it had to take over additional classrooms with different dungeon masters. It’s a great activity to offer students as it builds school connectedness, communication skills, and support networks.
I’ve successfully allowed students to develop a campaign based on a topic we’ve been learning in class. This ability to create a campaign story to understand the issues and concepts aligns with many constructivist principles. Have you ever had students create a campaign or implemented Dungeons and Dragons into your practice?
Joel
Hi Joel,
That is so amazing to hear! You’ve outlined some amazing things that D&D does for learners. I have implemented D&D into my practice as well; during lunch times, about three groups of four to eight peers will get together to play. Originally I had to DM to make sure they knew how to play but now each group has its own student DM and they run themselves quite well.
One of my favourite parts of D&D in the school system has been seeing the more timid students who don’t usually speak up in front of their peers feel empowered within their D&D groups. These students are quiet but critical thinkers and it is always so amazing to see them be confident (and sometimes be commanding leaders) with their peers.
Thanks for the response!
Kevin