[tnelson]

I've finally opened up one of the chapters of Paris Occupé to the public for use. Search for "Paris" in ARIS and click on Paris Occupé: décembre 1940. This is the chapter on rationing.

I've also created a Google site with documentation, such as an Instructor's Manual (IM) and a link to a Google group for discussions/notifications/bugs here:
https://sites.google.com/site/occupiedparisprofs/home
The IM has some ideas for using the game in French language classes, URLs for all of the websites accessed in the game, and numerous appendices with support information.

If you'd like access to the code-- beware! there are a zillion locks (close enough!) and lots of quests!-- just let me know. I made a duplicate, unpublished copy called "Developers version" that I'm happy to share. Just email me at tnelson at csusb dot edu

Many thanks to the ARIS community for your support with this project!

[chrish]

Thanks Terri for sharing this awesome resource with us. Your game is really inspiring, and it will be great to be able to show others a little more closely what's in there.

For those who don't know about Prof. Nelson's Paris Occupé, one of her talks about the game and its purpose was recorded as a webinar:

http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coerll.utexas.edu%2Fcoerll%2Fevent%2Foccupied-paris-creating-virtual-learning-experience&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEB0pdUooTLmlahLbRHDC7UCYBowQ

Even if you don't teach French or a language, I think you'll get some good ideas from hearing her talk. Terri also nicely has this and some others linked at her game's site.

https://sites.google.com/site/occupiedparisprofs/project-definition

[WaterGuerrilla]

This is really exciting, Terri. Thanks for sharing. I won't likely have time to review until after Thanksgiving but I will leave myself a bookmark. Your presentation about student emotional impacts back at that ARIS conference was inspiring and I've been mentioning the rationing anecdote to everyone I have conversations with about the power of ARIS games. Keep the faith!

[tnelson]

Thanks, everyone, for the positive words. It's been a labor of love... and I have a lot more labor ahead of me but being able to release a chapter for everyone to play and re-mix represents a major milestone for me. Please let me know if you want a copy of the developer's version. You'll want to make your own copy after to play with (but it takes a good 6-8 hours to duplicate! You've been forewarned!).