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The Mob Mentality Show

Adapting the Mob RPG for the Classroom with Paul Gestwicki

Feb 13, 2023
49:28

Imagine you get to design a college class that teaches mob programming, craftsmanship, and agility. 
What would it look like? How would you do it?

Imagine no more and join Chris and Austin as they discuss with professor Paul Gestwicki his agility focused college courses and how he adapted the Mob RPG for the classroom. Paul talks about how he heard about Mob Programming via a Joe Justice video and shares about his first experiments with using Willem Larsen's Mob RPG Game in the college classroom. Come hear what Paul learned from those experiments and what changes he made to the game to tailor it for his students' levels and context. They all discuss scaffolding for learning navigation skills and Paul tells a TDD and clean code game design success story. Come celebrate awesome educators like Paul Gestwicki in this episode of the Mob Mentality Show!

Video and Show Notes: https://youtu.be/nqVUe7ezHhQ  

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