Wednesday
Noteworthy
- Field Placements
- Assignment Due 30, 31 January: WordPress ePortfolios
- Assignment Due 4, 5 February: BlogPost Video Games (Just an initial post)
- Reading for next week: Gee, J.P. (2007) Good video games + good learning : collected essays on video games, learning, and literacy. Chapter 4: Good video games, the human mind, and good learning. New York : Peter Lang. pp. 22-44.
Reading: The MindShift Guide to Digital Games & Learning
Discussions
In class Exploratory (individual or pairs)
- Explore short form video games: Player 2 and/or The Pavlov’s Dog Game
- Discuss the experience with one person & then the whole class
- Review MindShift Guide | Chapter 2: How to Start Using Digital Games for learning p. 14
- Discuss with two or three people and with the class
- Explore Phet Balance Simulation
- Discuss with two or three people
- Drill and practice: Funbrain Math Baseball and History Games Online
- Discuss with two or three people and with the class
- Review MindShift Guide | Chapter 3: How to Choose a Digital Learning Game p. 19
- Discuss with two or three people and with the class
- Explore Educational Video Games of Interest to you
- Discuss with Dr. Shutkin
- Video Games team assignment