Game-Based LearningVideo Games as Learning tools &

making games as systems thinking

Michelle AubrechtGraduate Assistant

Digital Union

Game-Based LearningVideo Games as Learning tools &

making games as systems thinking

Michelle AubrechtGraduate Assistant

Digital Union

Educational GamesInquiry based, constructivist approach that

allows students to engage with the learning material in an authentic, safe environment

(Becker, 2007)…games and game modification are currently key entry points for many young people into digital literacy, social communities, and tech-savvy identities. (Salen, 2007, p. 302)

Michelle x1

DigitalUnion

Time 50 minutes

Points 0

Games intrinsically use a Constructivist Approach

Instructionist

Built on communications theory, behaviorism, & cognitivism

Students submit to the teacher to acquire knowledge, practice to achieve mastery & knowledge acquisition

Contructivist:

Contemporary learning theory built on Dewey & Vygotsky.

Students are meaning-makers, learning through a process of meaning-making in social contexts, derived from experiences, & influenced by communities of practice. Meaning-making results in production.

Michelle x1

DigitalUnion

Time 50 minutes

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Michelle x1

DigitalUnion

Time 50 minutes

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Gaming LiteracyComponent of Digital literacy

Game literacy is: multidimensional combination of practices from both “traditional literacy theories and Constructionist digital Literacy”

(Caperton, 2010, p. 3)

Michelle x1

DigitalUnion

Time 50 minutes

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Component of Digital literacy

Game literacy is: multidimensional combination of practices from both “traditional literacy theories and Constructionist digital Literacy”

(Caperton, 2010, p. 3)

Gaming Literacy

Michelle x2

DigitalUnion

Time 40 minutes

Points 0

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Michelle x2

DigitalUnion

Time 40 minutes

Points 500

Definition of game and play from Rules of Play by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman

Play: "Play is free movement within a more rigid structure." p. 304

.

Game: "A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome." p. 80

Michelle x2

DigitalUnion

Time 40 minutes

Points 500

Definition of game and play Play and games: The relationship between games and

play can be structured in two ways:

Games are a subset of play: Games constitute a formalized part of all activities considered to be play.

And Play is an element of games: Play is one way to frame the complex phenomenon of games." p. 311

Michelle x2

DigitalUnion

Time 40 minutes

Points 500

Difference between gameand simulation

Games suspend the rules of reality in order to establish the rules of the game

Simulations attempt to model a system in a manner that is consistent with reality

(from Squire: Video Games in Education)

Michelle x2

DigitalUnion

Time 40 minutes

Points 500

What is a simulation?

PhET, University of Colorado

Michelle x2

DigitalUnion

Time 40 minutes

Points 500

What is a simulation?

PhET, University of Colorado

Michelle x3

DigitalUnion

Time 30 minutes

Points1000

Level UP!

Michelle x3

DigitalUnion

Time 30 minutes

Points1000

freedom to experiment

freedom to fashion identities (defining the self/understanding theirrelationship to others and the world)

freedom of interpretation

freedom of effort (can alternate between intense and relaxed)

freedom to fail (step towards mastery)

Exercise FreedomGrowing through failure

and exploration.

Michelle x3

DigitalUnion

Time 30 minutes

Points1000

3 ways to use games1. Students build games using free or a low-cost game engine

software, or physical materials;

2. Educators and/or developers build educational games from scratch or use free or purchased game engine software;

3. Educators integrate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) games and online games into the curriculum.

Michelle x3

DigitalUnion

Time 30 minutes

Points1000

Students make games

Michelle x3

DigitalUnion

Time 30 minutes

Points1000

using games in the classroomBefore you assign a game

- know your teaching goal-evaluate the game for relevance to your topic- then decide how a game can serve that learning outcome- integrate it into your curriculum- decide how you will evaluate the process

group participationwritinghomework – playing a game instead of

readingis a grade necessary

Michelle x3

DigitalUnion

Time 30 minutes

Points1000

Before you assign a game- know your teaching goal-evaluate the game for relevance to your topic- then decide how a game can serve that learning outcome- integrate it into your curriculum- decide how you will evaluate the process

group participationwritinghomework – playing a game instead of

readingis a grade necessary?

using games in the classroom

Michelle x4

DigitalUnion

Time 30 minutes

Points1000

Level UP!

Michelle x4

DigitalUnion

Time 20 minutes

Points1500

Examples of Games online

http://www.persuasivegames.com/

http://www.socialimpactgames.com/

http://www.games2train.com/

Games to Train Health Games ResearchSocial Impact Games

http://www.healthgamesresearch.org/

Persuasive Games

Michelle x4

DigitalUnion

Time 20 minutes

Points1500

21st Century Learning skills

Problem solving skillsAnalytical skillsCritical thinking skillsSystems thinkingScientific thinkingEvidence-based reasoning

Skills

Michelle x4

DigitalUnion

Time 20 minutes

Points1500

21st Century Learning skills

Problem solving skillsAnalytical skillsCritical thinking skillsSystems thinkingScientific thinkingEvidence-based reasoning

Skills

Michelle x4

DigitalUnion

Time 20 minutes

Points1500

Michelle x5

DigitalUnion

Time 20 minutes

Points1500

Level UP!

Michelle x5

DigitalUnion

Time10 minutes

Points2000

Should games be used to teach at the University?

What have you learned playing games?

http://www.peacemakergame.com/

http://www.gamesforchange.org/play

http://www.columbinegame.com/index.htm

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