The reason this one stands out is the subject matter and the creator’s response. It seems some devoted fans take it upon themselves to make pornographic parodies of the most recent and popular AAA releases. It wasn’t until I read Amanda’s piece here on GameSkinny that I even knew this game even existed. When properly employed, role plays can motivate students in a fun and engaging way.NSFW rating: 10 ruined memories of Bioshock Infinite out of 10. Role playing exercises encourage students to think more critically about complex and controversial subjects and to see situations from a different perspective. To help students understand the use of role playing sessions, role plays should be content-focused, match learning objectives, and be relevant to real-world situations. Role plays provide students with the opportunity to take part in activities which mirror career-related scenarios. Debates-As a spontaneous exercise, the instructor has students briefly prepare arguments for and arguments against positions on a topic such as Logging in the Northwest and the Spotted Owl, Arab-Israeli Conflict or Airline Flight Departure Delays.Teaching-In preparation for a job fair, students can role play the teacher and the student, or the administrator and the student, or the teacher and a parent.Counseling-In preparing for clinical practice, students can role play a family therapist whose client has revealed she has committed a criminal act.Retailing-To help prepare students for a guest speaker in merchandising course, students can play the role of sales manager and sales representative to gain better insight on the responsibilities of these positions.Marketing-In preparation for a class presentation, students can assume the position of a sales representative and sell a product.Interview practice-In preparation for career interviews, students can assume the role of the interviewer and/or the interviewee.Challenge all students equally when assigning role plays so everyone will be assessed on equal ground.Provide guidelines about content to include: general presentation behavior (eye contact, gestures, voice projection) use of props and specific language to be used (content-related vocabulary) and language not to be used (profanity, slang). When assigning a role play, explain its purpose and answer questions so students are able to properly prepare the exercise.Reduce large chunks of content into smaller sections which can be more effectively presented as a role play.Allow time for students to practice the role play, even if it is spontaneous, so they will be able to think deeply about the role and present it in a meaningful way.Tie role plays to learning objectives so students see their relevance to course content.Instruct students that the purpose of the role play is to communicate a message about the topic and not focus as much on the actual person acting the role.Determine how the role play will be assessed: will observers be given an assessment rubric? Will observers’ remarks and scores be shared with the role players? Will the observers’ scores be included with the instructor’s scores? Will the role players be given the opportunity to revise and present the role play again? Will observers be taught how to properly assess the performance (include meaningful feedback that is not purely judgmental but rather justify all remarks that are practical and unbiased)?. ![]() ![]() If you plan to use role playing as a graded exercise, introduce small, non-graded role plays early in and during the semester to help students prepare for a larger role play which will be assessed.Harbour and Connick (2005) offer the following: Using a set of guidelines can be helpful in planning role playing exercise. Guidelines in Developing Role Playing Exercises Certificate of Excellence in Online Teaching.
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