EDUQAS YEAR 11: GAMING POKEMON GO, LESSON 41-44= INDUSTRY AND CONTEXTS

LESSON 41-44 IN SERIES= This QUAD is part of an Eight lesson Unit on Gaming which features in Component 1, Section B of the EDUQAS examination. This Quad focuses on the context and Industry elements regarding ‘Pokemon Go’. The POwer Point includes/ focuses on:

-The top 20 Gaming institutions in the world as of 2017 including Nintendo’s posistion
-Institution v Industry definition
-Examiner Expectations
-Audio/visual explanation of Pokemon Go features and what it is
Audio/visual contextual video and note taking task on the history of Gaming
-Facts and stats about the commercial success of the Gaming Industry
-Augmented Reality
-Pokemon Go Plus and wearble Tech
-New v Old Media (Disadvantages and Advantages)
-Ownership of Pokemon brand and Pokemon Brand and the various institutions involved
-Convergence Theory
-Discovery learning visual infographic task (students condense outstanding facts for the exam for a later mock timed question in the lesson)
-What advantages are there to having an established franchise when marketing a product?
-The importance of E3 in the marketing and promotion of games
-Pro’s and con’s of Pokemon Go analysis
-PEGI rating system and VSC in regulation
-SElf v Independent regulation
-Analysis of Pokemon Go case study and complaints about it’s rating. Students use guidelines/ articles to assess whether it’s rating was correct.
-Timed Mock: WHAT VARIOUS WAYS DID NINTENDO AND NIANTIC MARKET AND PROMOTE THEIR PRODUCT SO THAT THE POKÉMON GO WAS COMMERCIALLY VIABLE? DISCUSS USING EXAMPLES

**THIS LESSON INCLUDES A H/W TASK (part of which is dependent on the EDUQAS revision guide) and a Support sheet for the PEGI ratings task. Many of the slides also include additional feedback, observations and guidance for getting the best out of the resource/tasks).

NOTE: I am following EDUQAS Teaching Model 1 in my teaching/ SOW. Moreover, each lesson has a task whereby students RAG (Red, Amber, Green) what they have learnt in the lesson against an Examiner checklist (Differentiation, peer assessment).

(Each lesson is laid out as I teach my own class but I have added notes at the bottom of some of the slides e.g. on the Media Teaser, to aide teachers. All lessons are developed with differentiation, assessment/challenge as well as engagement entrenched heavily within all my resources. Moreover, constant reference is made throughout to the selected Examiner Media.

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