Production - The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game - page 240

Figure 14.1
“ Adventures in Gardening � classroom.

Prep
Here ' s the checklist of what we have already done so far:

n Proposal to Flower Valley Community College Adult Education for
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Gardening - Beginner Level. �

This is the third time teaching this class, but I informed them I
wanted to do it as a game.

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Idea was approved with some skepticism, in particular, whether
elderly students

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“ would take to the idea. � Other comments: “ might be

fun � and “ was worth a try. �

Identify audience.
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Residents of the Flower Valley Retirement Complex

Male and Female
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Recreational facilities at the FVRC include two Wiis and an Xbox 360
with Kinect (a movement-tracking device that allows game input with-
out a controller), so residents have had some experience with games.

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