introduction to a gameful mindset

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GamefulMindset

Randall FujimotoGameTrain Learning, Inc.

“Gameful Mindset”

•ATTITUDE of a gamer – optimistic, curious, motivated, up for challenges

•BELIEF in the power and potential of games (playing, designing, thinking)

YOUR GOAL:

How can I develop a Gameful Mindset?

Let’s PlayA Game!

Play

• More play → creative thinking, problem-solving, language development, social-emotional skills¹

• Less play → anxiety, depression, suicide, and narcissism²

• ¹ Wenner, M. (2009), The Serious Need For Play, Scientific American Mind.

• ²Gray, P. (2011), The Decline of Play and the Rise of Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents, American Journal of Play, 3(4).

Growth Mindset

•Carol Dweck, Stanford U.

•Fixed vs. Growth Mindset

•http://vimeo.com/11459772

Flow

Embracing Failure

• In games, you’re failing about 80% of the time

•Tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty

•Failure = partial success

Continuous Feedback

Assessment in school:

Assessment in games:

FormativeAssessment

Summative Assessment

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Just In Time Learning

•Traditional pedagogy• Textbooks, lectures• Learn → Do

•Gameful pedagogy• Situated• Learn ↔ Do

Constant Iteration

•Traditional learning:Learn → Do

•Gameful Learning:Do → Learn → Do → Learn → Do → Learn →…

Some characteristics of a Gameful Mindset

•Play•Growth Mindset•Flow•Embracing Failure•Continuous Feedback•Just In Time Learning•Constant Iteration

Keep developing yourGameful Mindset!

Randall FujimotoGameTrain Learning, Inc.

randall@gametrainlearning.orgwww.gametrainlearning.org

Twitter: @randyfuj