tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8680722097807838081.post3147304059013114565..comments2017-12-11T18:06:31.198-08:00Comments on The Pyre: A Tabletop Game Approach to Teaching RhetoricAngSuperPowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043787372502232680noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8680722097807838081.post-79013057872369714442017-04-21T06:17:13.685-07:002017-04-21T06:17:13.685-07:00I was excited to see a link on the Center for Game...I was excited to see a link on the Center for Games & Learning website for a blog post on "A Tabletop Game Approach to Teaching Rhetoric," and then even more so to see the game was Snake Oil. I am a librarian and an adjunct professor for public speaking. I use this game to teach audience analysis (pitching to a beggar or a vampire, etc.), methods of persuasion, and in a math education class to demonstrate the educational qualities of games. It has an added benefit that it's card based and you can break up one game so that four small groups are playing at the same time without needing to buy multiple copies of the game. I've given it to a psychology professor who used it to teach stereotypes and it has the potential to demonstrate schema (which overlap with audience analysis). It's a great game.SnowdenLibrary Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910491458899135596noreply@blogger.com