Techno-Shepherds: Three experiential learning games for the exhibition "Sheep Farming and Pastoral Life" at the Foundation of the Hellenic World:
An experiential game for play-learning in the exhibition "Sheep Farming and Pastoral Life" at F.H.W. using smartphones and QR-codes. The main story of “Techno-Shepherds” is pastoral!
“You are a modern shepherd, a ‘Techno-Shepherd’!”
“With your modern-day crook, your smartphone, you are looking for your lost herd of sheep while acquiring ‘state-of-the-art’ knowledge at the same time.”
Foundation of the Hellenic World - October 15th to December 1st 2013: This exhibition was one of the 7 thematic exhibitions for the CANEPAL Project; Culture and Nature: The European Heritage of Sheep Farming and Pastoral Life. The CANEPAL project was co-funded by the European Commission’s CULTURE Programme, Directorate General Education and Culture, CULTURE 2007-2013. Project partner in Greece: PRISMA Centre for Development Studies.
Foundation of the Hellenic World
Welcome young “Techno-Shepherds”!
Tools+Materials for playing “Techno-Shepherds”:
• A smartphone + WiFi/3G
• QR-codes in 2 colors and 2 ‘shapes’
• The secret website portal as a ‘login panel’ for unravelling the puzzle
• Missions+puzzles table
• Defining-relational cards
• Find-your-sheep drawings
all of these to find your lost herd of sheep and save them from the wolf!
View the photographs from “Techno-Shepherds” at the Foundation of the Hellenic World on the Photos webpage!
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