[Edu] The Teacher Warren

[Magi D. Shepley]

Well...  it came out of my using Fluxx in my classroom with various 
groups of students who have various disabilities.  For the last 2 years, 
I've used it with students in a cross-categorical program, which just 
means all the students need to learn and practice life-skills.  Last 
summer, I had one of my students 1 on 1 for an extended school year 
program, and we picked two projects that he would do during that time 
with me...  one was creating a new version of Fluxx (because he loved 
the game, and it was one of the rewards he could earn for good 
behavior), and the other was designing an amusement park in 
RollerCoaster Tycoon.
The ideas for the cards were finished over the summer, but it took much 
longer for us to lay the cards out in a format that would make them 
printable: we can't use the standard printing idea, which is to print 
directly on the Fluxx Blanxx.  To print directly to the card, you need a 
spray adhesive to make a carrier for the printer, and then a fixer to 
keep the ink from coming off.  We're not allowed to use those because 
they are on the toxic chemicals list for my district, and things on that 
list cannot be used with students in the classroom.   A few weeks ago, I 
found clear 2x4 shipping labels from Avery, and so went ahead and 
created a template to make the Blanxx on those labels and print them 
from MS Word.  It works fairly well, though you need to be careful about 
getting the label on the card correctly or else when you play, you can 
make a guess as to what cards your opponents are holding.  And, the 
clear labels are REALLY hard to find.  I should have bought them when I 
saw them, because now Staples doesn't have them!

The idea was to create a game that would encourage discussion/practice 
of the steps or materials that are needed to do a specific life skill 
activity.  We already have regular board games that do this, plus 
another adapted one that I created based on Trivial Pursuit.

The Rules cards are fairly standard...  and many of the Action cards are 
as well, but things do get interesting here.

Action Cards
    There's A Sub: Tell everybody to put their cards down, and close 
their eyes.  Steal one card from each person, and put them in your 
hand.  Finish your turn.
    (Because, isn't this what kids do when there is a sub?  Shuffle 
seats and break the rules?)
    Recycle A Keeper: Search the discard pile for a keeper.
    Get Married: Choose a player, and mix up both your hands, then deal 
an equal number of cards to your "partner".
    Go To The Prom: Same as get married, but only the keepers are used.

Goal Cards
    Wash Clothes: Washing Machine and Clothes Keepers
    Follow a Recipe: Food and Brain
    Go To The Mall: Store and Credit Card
    Internet: Computer and Books
    Class Ring: Check and Form
    Drive A Car: Form and Driver's License
    Go To Work: Driver's License OR Bus, Work

Keepers: Stamp, Dishes, Washing Machine, Form, Cart, Soap, Clothes, etc.

Magi



Sue Landsman wrote:
> What is Survival Fluxx?
>  
> -Sue
>
> */"Magi D. Shepley" <magid at concentric.net>/* wrote:
>
>     Awesome... Do you think you could mix Spanish Fluxx cards with regular
>     Fluxx cards? I wonder if my Spanish speaker would be more willing to
>     play. He'd certainly be at an advantage!
>
>     For those interested, Survival Fluxx is finished... or rather, all of
>     the cards were laid out, and ready to be printed. If anybody wants to
>     look at it to see if they think it would play well, let me know. I
>     would ask that you not share it beyond test playing though... Once it
>     is "finished", I'll give it to Carol to post on the Teacher site,
>     but I
>     do think that since one of my students put in so much effort making
>     this, its only fair he get a little bit of credit.
>
>     Magi
>
>     miyu wrote:
>     > For anyone curious about Fluxx in Spanish I used the game in a
>     small
>     > Spanish II class last week and it went over very well. The previous
>     > week I spent one class period playing Fluxx in English so they
>     could
>     > get used to the rules and then brought it out in the target
>     language
>     > the following week. They had very few rules questions and
>     maintained
>     > steady conversation in Spanish the entire time.
>     >
>     > I'll probably be placing another order in the next few weeks for
>     2-3
>     > more sets of the game to run multiple games in one of my larger
>     > classes. I highly recommend sticking to 4-6 people tops if running
>     > this game in the classroom - especially since the Spanish
>     version has
>     > fewer cards than the English.
>     >
>     > Once I get the rules to Nanofictionary down I may play it as
>     well in
>     > class (after pulling out some cards and limiting it to
>     vocabulary they
>     > would easily know in Spanish). It would be very cool to see a
>     Spanish
>     > version of Nanofictionary as well!
>     >
>     > -Ryan
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     > Ora, lege, lege, lege, relege, labora et invenies.
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