Did you miss the final session of the Co-designing games to teach Indigenous and rural history course? Just curious to know what the course is like?

We don’t do the exact same presentation every time and, of course, different cohorts have different participants and interests, which leads to different discussions.

Here for your viewing/ listening pleasure are all the videos from the last session with our very first cohort.

• Some instructor and cohort introductions, housekeeping issues – how to get graduate credit. If you need the syllabus or link for registration for credit, email – https://youtu.be/Kjr64yysGf0?si=ykZ-rTu3rksQtxg2 
• What’s in your final project? We discuss the requirements and present an example of a lesson where students research rural artifacts https://youtu.be/d_pswtTixno?si=k-KcX2kQeZ2bl_8v  
• Game design – Seeds of Sustainability Dr. Daniel Conn presents an example game design based on Buffalo Bird Woman’s garden and including traditional songs as primary sources. Zac King provides his perspective on non-Indigenous developers or game designers creating games around Indigenous culture and stories. https://youtu.be/-tenawyendM?si=ccoJn8bqcrZzyWzJ
• Lesson example – Dr. Dan Conn gives a lesson example for middle school using the Seeds of Sustainability game and learning about Hidatsa culture, specifically their agriculture along the Missouri River. Dr. Annmaria De Mars discusses choices in what should be in a lesson and what topics are appropriate for different grade levels. She doesn’t have definitive answers but she made some decisions about including positive stories and role models in the younger grades and putting off the more nuanced and complex histories until middle school at the earliest. https://youtu.be/MPeFFoWOXgw?si=AA_J47nE9bhWMDgq
• What happens next – course wrap up: Dr. Dan Conn talks about the importance of curriculum, how much we value your feedback. Dr. Annmaria De Mars shows an example of another game about saving seeds that was coincidentally done as part of a US – New Zealand game jam. She also discusses the fact that not everything is appropriate for a game and that just because your idea hasn’t made it into a game yet, doesn’t mean you won’t see it in the future. https://youtu.be/wo0Hpj60tkg?si=ov54nJBPthKo8AVE