Finland ← Storyline Scotland Our Farm A Storyline Topic in a primary school in Pargas, Finland Ann-Catherine Henriksson The curriculum in year five in the primary school in Finland tells us to teach about how our food is produced and about the plants and the animals that provides us with food. Although we live in a small town many of the ... Staffansby Primary School, Helsinki, Finland In 2009 the staff of Staffansby Primary School came on a study tour to Scotland. Chydenius University, Kokkola, Finland 33 Teachers from the Kokkola area of Finland attended this two day course on Storyline which was organised by Anette Dahlvik, Director of Inservice at the University. Article in Finnish Journal Ann-Maj Björkell-Holm, who works for the Inservice department of the Åbo Akademi in Vasa, Finland, has written an article about the creative activities involved in working with a Storyline topic. Creative Dialogues – second language teaching Storyline Study by Finnish Researcher New Book from Finland (in Swedish) Svenska med sting.
Storyline Scotland - News page Storyline Event - Glasgow, Scotland Thursday 3rd May 2012 New Danish Storyline Website Niels-Peter Jacobsen is a Lutheran Pastor in Denmark, who has created a website to show how he is using Storyline for teaching children in preparation for their confirmation. News from Finn Mosegaard Lem, Denmark, 28th March 2012 As most of us know, Finn is a prolific Storyline designer with many books to his name but over the last five months he has been working on a very special project which he explains here – Jens Væver was born in 1822. He and his family were mainly fishermen but from time to time he was also a cattle drover taking animals from Spøttrup Borg to Germany for the big cattle market south of the border. In 1825 the Limfjord was opened to the North Sea by a winter storm and the salt water flowed into it destroying the normal freshwater fish and plants. After 5-10 years the fauna adapted and new fish began to thrive especially bottom feeders like plaice.
Larp DefinitionLARPING.ORG LARP is an acronym for Live Action Roleplay. Thus the act of going to LARP is LARPing or Live Action Roleplaying. We just like to call it larping. Many people ask “What is larping?” Larping defined: What is larping? Is this what larping is? What is LARPing? So, what is the insider’s definition of larping? Larping defined: Collaborative Larpers must collaborate to pull off large battles Collaboration is a working together to complete tasks that produce a desired result. Larping defined: Pretending Part of larping is pretending the world exists. Pretending is one of the most ubiquitous experiences of childhood. The media seems to be pretty consistent on this point: we do it to escape and to be immersed in an experience. Larping defined: Rules The rules of a larp make the game possible. What game doesn’t have rules? Rules are the invisible barriers of a larp. Rules in many games are often viewed in the negative. LARP Definition: Conclusion
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Edu-larp | Playground Magazine A key element in the Danish larp has scene been the association The Roleplaying Factory (Rollespilsfabrikken). Being one of the first organizers of easy access pay ´n play kids larps as well as creating games with higher standards and more adult themes, the Roleplaying factory still continues to play an important part in the thriving Danish larp community. The video gives you a guided tour inside The Roleplaying Factory located in Copenhagen with Nynne Søs Rasmussen. She explains both about the actual place and the different kinds of games that the Factory makes. Filmed during A Week in Denmark prior to the role-playing conference Knudepunkt 2011, Web: The Roleplaying Factory Music: Seeminglee – Yesteryear Motion (CC) Video report and article by Petter Karlsson At Grenselandet, the international short larp festival organized by Norwegian Fantasiforbundet and the Larp Factory in Oslo in November, the jury of the Larpwriter Challenge announced the winner of the competition: J.
ELiS | Education Larpers in Sweden KP2013 - Welcome to Knutepunkt 2013 edu-larp | Petter Karlsson – Producent och speldesigner Nordic LARP is a fascinating medium and we would encourage Serious Games designers to have a look at it from the perspective of education and learning. It offers a different view to learning and education and could be what we are all looking for. Serious games is a term for games that serve another purpose than only to be entertaining, such as an education game. On a blog post at GALA - The Games and Learning Alliance three researchers from the Heriot-Watt University discuss if serious games and AI technology could benefit from Nordic Larp. During the fall my collegues from LajvVerkstaden made a one week introduction to Nordic Larp and edu-larp the GALA-researchers in Edinburgh. Nordic LARP, should the Serious Game community think about it? Photo: Peter Munthe-Kaas I spent last week outside Vilnius in Lithuania, helping out with a ground-breaking project in the Nordic larp scene, the Larpwriter Summer School 2012. Continue reading
In English LajvVerkstaden (The Larp Workshop) works with as a cultural form and an educational tool. We design many different types of events – from serious games about democracy and oppression to playful larps in fantasy settings. Our projects are created in collaboration with schools, businesses and NGOs and are specifically designed to give participants access to a learning experience that reaches them not just on an intellectual level, but physically and emotionally as well. The contents of the games generally cover specific factual knowledge (how do I make a budget?) Nordic-style larp is a term used to describe a school of larp game design that emerged in the Nordic countries. . . . Our childrens’ games are obviously not as hardcore as the adult nordic games, but we do work within the nordic larp style on an age appropriate level.
Introduction to Nordic Larp | Nordic Larp Talks Johanna Koljonen introduces Nordic larp by talking about her bodily experience of a fallout shelter outside Tulsa during an alternate past Cuban Missile Crisis. She explains how you can understand what goes in to creating ambitious larps by comparing the process with a birthday party, and goes on to answer the question of wether these games are games at all. Watch this Nordic Larp Talk for a brief introduction to Nordic Larp and why it’s an art form worth knowing more about. Johanna Koljonen is a writer, Radio and TV host, critic, and a popular lecturer on larp and related topics. Her groundbreaking larp criticism, in essays like “Eye-Witness to the Illusion: The Impossibility of 360° Role-Playing” and “The Dragon Was the Least of it: Larp As Ephemera and Ruin” are widely quoted in the field. She is a co-founder of the TV, radio and web production company Rundfunk Media AB and has a BA in literature. Further reading PDF download
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