RPG Guardians: developing textual production through creative writing

• Luciano da Silva Rodrigues IFRS https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8332-6783
• Greyce da Silva Rodrigues IFRS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0403-186X
• Bruna Silva dos Santos Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul IFRS
• Silvia de Castro Bertagnolli Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7495-6636
• Marcelo Augusto Rauh Schmitt Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1290-5029
• Josiane Carolina Soares Ramos Procasko IFRS https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7223-6889

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/cbie.sbie.2020.411

Abstract

This paper presents an RPG game called Guardiões that promotes textual production through creative writing. In order to carry out such investigation a bibliographic research and a case study were conducted. Data were collected from the produced texts and from quizzes. The game used was about environment and students created stories related to ecology problems in a ludic and contextualized way. Results indicate that interdisciplinary was favored by the game and that students’ engagement was amplified because playing leverages learning and creativity.

Keywords: Creative writing, RPG, Environment

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