chronicle of mobile education part i
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Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ16sh6GXNU&feature=plcp Thursday March 21 installment of the G.A.M.E. "It Takes A Guild -- A Guild of Educators" webinar series. This is an interview of Trish Cloud on mobile and Mobile games in the classroom. Trish Cloud is a Technology Instructor at Torrence Creek Elementary in Huntersville, NC. Working with iPads in the elementary setting she has been actively seeking gaming apps that can be used in the educational setting. She has been involved with the Game MOOC and participated in 3d Game Lab. She recently presented at NCTIES on using minecraft PE, contributed to the SIGML white paper on mobile gaming, and had an article appear in the latest issue of VEJ. She is continuously on the lookout for gaming apps that can be utilized in the school setting to increase engagement, enhance learning, and provide fun for the students.TRANSCRIPT
It Takes A GuildA Guild of Educators!
Laurence CoccoG.A.M.E. Guild Officer
Director, Office of Educational Technology
New Jersey Department of
Education
G.A.M.E Website
http://g.a.m.e.shivtr.com/
Trish Cloud
Technology InstructorTorrence Creek
Elementary
Mobile GamesIn The Classoom
(really)
Fitting the Niche(positives)
•More schools going BYOT
•Ease of access
•Cost
•No Port Issues
•Wide range of choices
•Often there is a limited free version
Those InevitableNegatives (not
Betrayal)•Not as functional as desktop nor
other platforms (Xbox, PSP)
•Limited connectivity to each other - lose the luster of the MMO
•Difficulty capturing images to communicate fiero moments
Wanna Play?
I’ll Tell You of My Adventures on the
TrailI beat Oregon trail and I’m now on Oregon settlers its super fun you literally start a mini town a big stampede came and ramshackled my town splattering nearly almost every person in my town
Today in the trail I picked some berries, killed some buffalo off the side of the rode. I traveled through the a dust storm! I went over a rough patch of rocks! I died 2 times…. But then I came back to life!!! I am so close!!!I crossed a lot of rivers!
Amanda
My wife finally got sick! Oh no my wagon broke! My wife is better. My kid died today’s randomly killed a Hawk . About to kill my wife, why can’t she die!? Nothing else really happened its like my wife is immortal.
How to Survive YourFirst Night in
MinecraftHow to survive the first night in 10 steps
Posted by Jack 1. Chop down 4 trees to start 2. Make all of the logs into planks 3. Make a crafting table/bench 4. Make a house before its to late! / Make a wooden door 5. Make 8 sticks and make a wooden pickaxe and shovel 6. Go mining for coal 7. Make torches and make a furnace with cobble 8. Make cobblestone sward 9. Kill 3 sheep and make bed (Literaley) 10. Sleep an give yourself a pat on the back, YOU SURVIVED THE FIRST NIGHT!!!
If you have any more suggestions please comment!
Blurring the Line Between Education
and Games
Minecraft PE
RPG/MMO Anyone?
Puzzles
Simulations
Math