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Classroom Game Master
This document provides tips and tools for educators to create game-inspired learning experiences in the classroom. It discusses key elements of games like goals, rules, challenges and feedback. It encourages incorporating story elements, role-playing, choice, chance, and rewards into lessons. The document also provides examples of tools that can help, such as Google Apps, badging tools and classroom tools. It highlights an example of a teacher who created an engaging game for his students based on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Overall, the document offers guidance on how to gamify lessons while rethinking assessment and having fun.
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- 1. Classroom Game Master Tips,Tricks, and Tools to Help Busy Educators Create Game-Inspired Learning Experiences
- 2. This session isalso a game!
- 3. To Play: 1. Goto: http://tinyurl.com/nccatgame 2. Go to File —> Make A Copy! 3. When you have completed a quest, put an X in the cell. 4. There are hints on slides that connect to specific quests! 5. If you don’t have Twitter, use the backchannel: https://todaysmeet.com/nccatgame
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- 7. What is agame? 12
- 8. Common Elements ofGames Goals Rules Artificial Barriers Voluntary Participation Feedback SystemStory Win-Loss Challenge InteractionCompetition Chance Conflict/Cooperation Fun 10
- 9. “A game isa system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome.” - Salen and Zimmerman
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- 12. It’s not asilver bullet. 15 20
- 13. Taking Learning BeyondSimple Gamification
- 14. Story Elements andRole-play Identify your learning goals in the context of a real/fictional story world. If this lesson/unit were a movie or fictional novel, what would it involve? Plot? Theme? What roles will/can my learners play? How can I guide and move the story forward? Questions to help: 23
- 15. Chance and Uncertainty Incorporateelements of uncertainty, novelty, mystery, and surprise into the lesson/unit. What aspects of the lesson are non-negotiable? What aspects can be randomized? What actions will trigger chance events? Questions to help: Are there opportunities for elements that are simply fun or silly? 29
- 16. Choice and Pathways Designin such a way that learners have multiple pathways that lead to the same learning outcomes. How can I design the lesson in such a way that learners can customize their own experience? Does the experience have to be the same for every learner? Questions to help: Can I incorporate bonus/side options for learners who wish to go deeper?
- 17. Rewards and Feedback Providefeedback early and often. Rethink failure. If a student fails can they re-try? How can I help student-players gain a vision/desire for how to “win the class?” Questions to help: Is progress toward goals visible/tangible? Do rewards impact the experience?
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- 20. Here Are SomeTools! 22
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- 25. …and a not-so-techytool. 11
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- 27. Paul Darvasi (@pauldarvasi) EnglishTeacher in Toronto, Canada Created The Ward Game based on Kasey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest “I saw an incredible level of engagement. Some of my students became obsessed by the game.” 18
- 28. Let’s Watch TheVideo! https://vimeo.com/85625959
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- 30. Start Small! Capitalize onyour passion! Leverage your students! Experiment and iterate! Re-think assessment, grades, and failure. Have fun!!!