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Teachers should thoughtfully integrate digital games into learning to develop students' 21st century skills and motivate their learning. The document discusses how games can be used to teach content and skills through different instructional approaches if introduced with context, followed by game play, and concluded with assessments like discussions. It provides an example of a civics unit where the game People's Pie was used to teach about government departments and resource allocation.
Gbl presentation 1
- 1. Games for learning:A Case Study Sol Senrick http://www.todaysmeet.com/Gamingwithsolli
- 2. Enduring understanding... Gaming should be part of student learning through thoughtful planning and pedagogy Teachers practicing 21st century skills will be more proficient, invested and comfortable in preparing students for them Eq: How and why should teachers analyze and use digital games teach content and skills? Eq: How does one integrate gaming effectively pedagogically?
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- 4. Why games? Teachers Students (ISTE's NETS Standards) Increased Motivation Complex Understanding--21st century skills, content, Inspire student learning concepts and creativity Reflective Learning: Immediate feedback/risk free Develop digital age failure learning experiences Personalized learning experience Model digital age work Betrus, Anthony and Botturi, Luca. Principles of Playing Games for Learning. Playing Games in Grow Professionaly School.
- 5. How games? Anticipatory/hook Skills anddrills Content/concepts/processes Contextualize other learning A whole unit!
- 6. 21CS E.U. Collaboration E. Qs. Creative thinking Information fluency Critical thinking Complexity management GAMES ISTE Nets Content
- 7. Instructional Approach Introduce/set context(start w/e.q., vocab, explanation, objective) Students play (student sharing, table groups, guiding questions/reflection points, note taking)
- 8. Assessments Online/face to facediscussions (pairs/teams/class) Quiz/test questions Goal setting/attainment Screen shots Incorporated into a project
- 10. GBL Case Study--Civics unit EUs, EQs, Standards: AERO stds Summative Assessment: Design and share a kid-friendly resource Instructional/assessment strategies: games, note taking charts, discussion posts, research groups, project rubric
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- 12. People's pie: Content/skills Knowledge:government departments, functions, allocation of resources, vocabulary Skills: Evaluation, critical thinking, cause/effect, creativity, economic literacy, complexity management
- 13. People's pie: Instructionalapproach Intro/vocab Play! Partner sharing
- 14. People's pie: Assessment Ningpost Class discussion