Comments - ReLIVE08: Recap of paper sessions on education in virtual environments, Day One - eLatin eGreek eLearn2024-03-29T00:30:40Zhttp://eclassics.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=727885%3ABlogPost%3A29217&xn_auth=noWow, this was very interestinā¦tag:eclassics.ning.com,2008-11-25:727885:Comment:292202008-11-25T00:58:52.789ZLaura Gibbshttp://eclassics.ning.com/profile/lauragibbs
Wow, this was very interesting to read, Andrew - I'm still not sold on the incredibly high overhead for this kind of role-playing... but the roleplaying element is totally appealing to me. In my classes, students role-play in a very simple and very effective way: they often choose to write their Storybook stories in first person! This is an incredibly popular narrative choice - very little of what they read for class is written in first person, but they get really hooked on retelling theā¦
Wow, this was very interesting to read, Andrew - I'm still not sold on the incredibly high overhead for this kind of role-playing... but the roleplaying element is totally appealing to me. In my classes, students role-play in a very simple and very effective way: they often choose to write their Storybook stories in first person! This is an incredibly popular narrative choice - very little of what they read for class is written in first person, but they get really hooked on retelling the stories in first person form. In terms of classical topics, here are some of the things my students did just this semester - sometimes they are role-playing a character in the story, and sometimes they are writing in first-person by playing the role of the storyteller. Every semester I get a bunch of classical topics like this (along with all kinds of other topics, based on folklore and mythology from around the world) - the desire of the students to role-play by writing in first-person is really strong, and I enjoy it a lot. What I worry about with role-playing in a game situation is whether it would lend itself to the exploration of emotions and psychological twists and turns which is definitely what appeals to them about WRITING in first-person style. Anyway, here are the projects I had this semester with Greco-Roman themes - EVERY SINGLE ONE involved the presence of a first-person narrator:<br />
<a href="http://students.ou.edu/M/Ashton.A.Miller-1/storybook.html">Labors of Hercules</a> told by Hercules himself (this one probably gets my vote for best project of the semester; I thought it was awesome)<br />
<a href="http://students.ou.edu/H/Noetta.J.Harjo-1/coverpage.html">The Trojan War</a>, narrated by Zeus himself from on high<br />
<a href="http://students.ou.edu/A/Samantha.M.Aaron-1/Mythcoverpage.html">Heracles in the Stars</a>: Four different characters provide first-person accounts of the labors of Heracles<br />
<a href="http://students.ou.edu/H/Alexa.C.Helms-1/storybook.html">Hera Tells All</a>, in case you were curious what the goddess was really up to!<br />
<a href="http://students.ou.edu/R/Courtney.C.Rau-1/storybook.html">The Diary of Aphrodite</a>: okay, so of course Aphrodite didn't keep a diary... but it's an excuse to role-play.<br />
<a href="http://students.ou.edu/H/Bryn.A.Hathaway-1/storybook.html">Aphrodite: Beauty and Power</a>. Find out from the goddess herself how ruthless she can be!<br />
<a href="http://students.ou.edu/F/Jordan.L.French-1/storybook.html">Grandpa Goes Greek</a>: During a power outage, a family is entertained by Grandpa telling stories.<br />
<a href="http://students.ou.edu/A/Kateri.M.Arnaud-1/storybook.html">Gossip with Ganymede</a>: Stories from the bartender to the gods!<br />
<a href="http://students.ou.edu/L/Jillian.S.Lombardi-1/Coverpage.html">Apprentice with Zeus</a>: The gods who want to be apprentice to Zeus present their case, singing their own praises in first-person.