Invited guests of Gamechangers Fest "The two days of Gamechangers Fest in Saint Petersburg were really amazing from many perspectives. First of all, as a youth worker I was very interested to get an overview about new educational games and methods that are used by other specialists in the sphere of non-formal education. Also, it … Continue reading The #Gamechangers BalticsRussia experience
Tag: game-based learning
Places: 2 participants Venue: Kose-Uuemõisa (Estonia) Hosting organization: Shokkin Group Estonia Project Dates: 10th-18th September 2019 Deadline to send application form: 15th July 2019 Description "Eduboards" will be an international Erasmus+ training course organized by Shokkin Group Estonia. The main activity of the project will take place in Kose-Uuemõisa (Estonia) during the period 10th-18th September 2019, including participants … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Eduboards” in Kose-Uuemõisa (Estonia)
Places: 3 participants Venue: Turku (Finland) Hosting organization: Sondip Travel reimbursement: 180 euros/participant Project Dates: 08-14 October 2019 Deadline to send application form: 20 July 2019 Description The training is designed to equip participants with knowledge and skills of need assessment and learning design tools as well as to empower participants to take out of the box approach … Continue reading [NEW] Training Course “Board Builders: Exploring Educational Board Games” in Turku (Finland)
Places: 2 participants Venue: Vihi (Estonia) Hosting organization: Shokkin Group Estonia Project Dates: 15th-23rd May 2019 Deadline to send application form: 15th April 2019 Description When looking at employability skills desired in the current job market, we see the importance of effective communication, teamwork, creative thinking and problem-solving is increasing. However, this set of skills is hardly … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “CreaTeamity” in Vihi (Estonia)
"In November I participated in the training course "Game Time“ held in Velbert, Germany and I want to thank Shokkin Group for this great opportunity! The aim of the project was to discuss games as educational tools and to create a set of educational games on social issues. I must say that the project was … Continue reading Thoughts after “Game Time”
"Creative, educative and very interesting project Play Station took place from 26.10-04.11 in Brussels, Belgium. This was really amazing experience in all possible ways - we got very deep into gamification theme, played a lot of exciting games and learned new techniques of non-formal education by these creative activities. There was also enough theory that … Continue reading Play Station: our gaming experience in Belgium
"One day, during an unusually hot summer day in Estonia, I got an email from Shokkin Group. I had never heard of the organization before, and as the email seemed rather appealing, I decided to read it right away. It turned out that they were looking for participants in three different training courses. They all … Continue reading Experience: Rediscovering games in “Game Zone” (Malta)
Cooperation strengthens with every new physical meeting and we had a great opportunity to host Jadyra from the Institute for Youth Development in Tallinn. Jadyra came for her study visit to Shokkin Group for 7 days to discover our game-based learning approach, get insights into the youth work context in Tallinn and continue working on … Continue reading Hosting the second part of #Prospects4Youth @ Tallinn