Video Games and Learning in the Classroom

Remember the sandbox ?

Is he learning ?

“ It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.” Leo F. Buscaglia, USC

“ The opposite of work is not play , it’s depression .” -Stuart Brown, National Institute for Play

This is what engagement looks like.

Are they learning ?

This is what school looks like.

Are they learning ?

Video Games

The average age of a game player is 34

The percentage of women who are video game players is 40%

Videos Game sales in 2009 generated $10.5 billion

Between 5 th grade and graduation, students will spend 10,080 hours in the classroom .

The average young person will spend 10,000 hours , by the time they’re 21, playing video games . Jane McGonigal, Institute for the Future

A Parallel Curriculum?

“ ...the designers of many good games have hit on profoundly good methods of getting people to learn and to enjoy learning .” -James Paul Gee, University of Madison Wisconsin

Learning works best when new challenges are “ pleasantly frustrating ” in the sense of being felt by learners to be at the outer edge of, but within their “regime of competence”. That is, these challenges feel hard, but doable . (Gee, 2007, p. 36).

How Do Games Teach?
Social Interaction (Collaborative Learning)
Customized Experiences (Differentiation/Learner Control)
Achievement (Mastery Learning)
Relevance (Contextual Learning)
Multimedia (Multiple Intelligences)

“ Today's game designers have figured out something today's educators are still searching for: how to make learning engaging for today's kids. It would be a shame not to employ this knowledge in our classrooms.” -Marc Prensky

11 Tips for Bringing Video Games Into Your Classroom

#1 Read what the experts are saying.

#2 Talk to your students about what games they play.

#3 Let your own children teach you about the games they play.

#4 Pick up a new game and play it .

#5 Put on your teacher lenses .

#6 Don’t overlook off-the-shelf games.

#7 Always start with your instructional goals in mind.

#8 Collaborate and share with other professionals.

#9 Make cookies for your IT staff ; they can be powerful allies .

#10 Get your principal on board.

#11 Remember how to play .

Idea Starters

“ What if? ” world history with Civilization IV .
Multiplayer or single-player.
Strategy/research/decision-making.
Rich world history information.
This game is currently only $6.10 on
Amazon!

Nickel-and-dimed challenge in The SIMS 2 .
Game can be easily modified.
Can you play the part of a single mother with no marketable skills whose only goal is to raise one or more children to high school graduation?
Teaching point-of-view and perspective.

Study statistics through MLB 2K10 .
How do players’ in-game statistics compare to the real world?
Predict outcomes of a game based on known statistics.
Are game statistics accurate?

Tell a story using Neverwinter Nights 2 .
Rich, fantasy roleplay game.
Includes development tools allowing players to completely build and script their own world that other players can experience.
Strong writing/literacy connection.

A story about a girl...

Questions?

Lucas Gillispie @PCSTech and @wowinschool

www.edurealms.com

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