Overview
*French resource included as an attachment
Journey Through Carington House is a serious game designed to familiarize the nursing home environment and combat negative stereotypes and misconceptions about nursing homes. It was developed as part of the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Home’s Recruitment Strategy to engage a youth audience to consider careers in nursing homes.
Serious games are games with a purpose other than pure entertainment and are often used in education, health care and business.
NB Curricular Connections
Personal Wellness 3-5:
- Strand: Career Connected Learning – Big Idea: Experiencing Potential Career Pathways – Skill Descriptor: Engage in frequent and ongoing career-connected experiential learning to learn about preferred career pathways and develop personal competencies.
- Strand: Mental Fitness – Big Idea: Decision Making – Skill Descriptor: Explore strategies to promote healthy decision-making and goal-setting.
- Strand: Career Connected Learning – Big Idea: Experience Potential Career Pathways – Skill Descriptor: Engage in frequent and ongoing career-connected experiential learning to learn about preferred career pathways and develop personal competencies.
- Strand: Mental Fitness – Big Idea: Decision Making – Skill Descriptor: Describe how decision-making impacts personal wellness.
What you’ll need
- Journey Through Carington House Teacher Resource Kit (Available in English and French)
- Computer with projector
- Individual IPADS or devices for students
- Plain paper, Markers, Pencil Crayons
- Link to Journey Through Carrington House Game Carington House (spandrelinteractive.com)
Instructions
- Review the Journey Through Carrington House Resource Kit (Available in French and English) which includes information about New Brunswick Nursing Homes, Video Game Research and student testimonials.
- Review YouTube Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSrm1OmQMio
- Review Video Game You Tube video instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSrm1OmQMio
- Complete the short Ice Breaker game and pre-activity questions with the students.
- Play the game!
- In the game, students will complete missions that highlight real-life situations in nursing homes.
- Complete the post-activity questions and discussion with the students. Explore Extension #1 and ask students to complete the “Family Fun” activity with their families.
- Explore Extension #2 and complete the Problem-Based Learning activity included in the resource Kit.
Reflection Activity
Please see the attached PDF for several choices on how you and your learners can reflect upon today’s activity.
