spice up your classroom with games
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My presentation for a SchoolNet SA webinar.TRANSCRIPT
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Spice Up Your Classroom With Games
Arjana BlazicSchoolnet SA webinar
July 17, 2013
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… are a form of fun enjoyment and pleasure… are a form of play intensity and passion… have rules structure… have goals motivation… are interactive doing… have interaction social groups… are adaptive flow… have outcomes and feedback learning… have win states ego gratification… have conflict/competition/challenge/opposition life and career skills… have problem solving creativity… have representation and story emotion
Mark Prensky: Games …
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Games in education?
antisocialbehaviour youthviolence addiction
√ motivationandengagement
√ challenge√ authenticcontext√ cross-curricular√ 21stcenturyskills√ ownershipofactivities√ greaterresponsibility√ recognitionof
achievements√ rewards√ learning
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Have you ever used games in your classroom?
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Image by Ollie Bray
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use in the classroom not very appealing
more appealing to studentslarge budgets development teamsstate-of –the –art technologycost moneyentertainment, not education
VS
Commercial off-the-shelf
games (COTS)Educational games
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Educational use of COTS games
TOOL
contexts for learnіng well-structuredmeaningfulpowerful
contextual hub
hook for learning
Teacher• learning activity designer• facilitator
Student• researcher• active participant in the learning process
gamification
edutainment
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Guitar Hero Transition Project by Ollie Bray
@olliebray
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Guitar Hero Transition Project by Ollie Bray
Three stages
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www.brainpop.com
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Consumers to Creators
plan - design – produce – publish - evaluate
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www.discoveryeducation.com/puzzlemaker
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www.picturedots.com
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bit.ly/gamesLEG
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References:Ollie Bray: Playful Learning: Computer Games in EducationBen Williamson, FutureLab, 2009: Computer games, schools and young peopleRichard Sandford, Mary Ulicsak, Keri Facer and Tim Rudd, FutureLab: Teaching with gamesLearning and Teaching Scotland in partnership with Futurelab: The impact of console games in the classroom: Evidence from schools in Scotland