In this presentation, you'll connect play with learning, explore the instructional side of video games, get 11 tips for integrating video games into your classroom, and explore a few examples of games you can use in the classroom.

1. Video Games and Learning in the Classroom

2. Play

3. Remember the sandbox ?

4. Is he learning ?

5. “ 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

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

7. This is what engagement looks like.

8. Are they learning ?

9. This is what school looks like.

10. Are they learning ?

11. Video Games

12. The average age of a game player is 34

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

14. Videos Game sales in 2009 generated $10.5 billion

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

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

17. A Parallel Curriculum?

18. “ ...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

19. 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).

21. “ 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

22. 11 Tips for Bringing Video Games Into Your Classroom

23. #1 Read what the experts are saying.

24. #2 Talk to your students about what games they play.

25. #3 Let your own children teach you about the games they play.

26. #4 Pick up a new game and play it .

27. #5 Put on your teacher lenses .

28. #6 Don’t overlook off-the-shelf games.

29. #7 Always start with your instructional goals in mind.

30. #8 Collaborate and share with other professionals.

31. #9 Make cookies for your IT staff ; they can be powerful allies .

32. #10 Get your principal on board.

33. #11 Remember how to play .

34. Idea Starters

39. A story about a girl...

40. Questions?

41. Lucas Gillispie @PCSTech and @wowinschool

42. www.edurealms.com

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