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Influence™ - UConn Two Summers

Influence™ is an instructional tabletop game designed to encourage the playful application and evaluation of technology, pedagogy, content knowledge, and learning theory integration, implementation, and management skills. Rather than acting in direct competition, players collaborate to analyze and balance the priorities of multiple stakeholder groups, maintain positive influence with those stakeholders, and produce TPACK-oriented initiatives capable of addressing multiple school district challenges at the same time.

In Influence™, gameplay is measured in rounds, each round representing one school year. At the start of each round, players are provided with a series of available resources/initiatives (as defined by face-up cards) and operate as a team of Technology Coordinators working toward a shared goal: use TPACK-style integration to address as many district challenges as possible while satisfying as many Stakeholder groups (i.e., Teachers, Students, Administrators, Community) as possible. Upon preparing and presenting a proposal, players switch roles from Technology Coordinators to Mediators and evaluate the quality and feasibility of their work from the perspective of each Stakeholder group.

To learn more about the University of Connecticut Educational Technology Program and/or view additional projects, visit: https://edtech.education.uconn.edu