Gaming in the Classroom

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Permalink Reply by Robert Kennedy on March 28, 2011 at 6:05am

Heidi,

I enjoyed reading your blog.  Very interesting idea!  Keep up the great work.

My 2nd graders are obsessed with video gaming (as I'm sure you could guess).  I found online where you can play the old Nintendo version of many video games.  While the graphics are not great, I had the students team up and learn how to play the games together.  Then they had to make a "how-to" writing project that explains to others how to play the game.  They also rated the game, gave an introduction, included screen-shot graphics and we made the final project into a "Video Game Strategy Guide" that they each took home a copy over break.  They loved it!

Thanks for the great idea...really got me thinking!

Bobby

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Siwak on March 28, 2011 at 2:17pm

Hi Robert,

 

I'm glad you enjoyed my blog.  I must say I am very intrigued by the idea of gaming as a learning tool now that I've dipped my foot in.  I love the idea of writing instruction manuals.  Prezi would make an great tool for that. You've got me thinking.  I have a number of excellent links including research and articles that support gaming in the classroom.  I'll post them in my blog sometime this week.

Have a great day!

Heidi

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Permalink Reply by Robert Kennedy on March 28, 2011 at 7:46pm

Great!  Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by John Garrett on March 29, 2011 at 10:40am

As you go down this journey two books might help with this journey.  I highly recomend "Digital Game-Based Learning" & "'Don't Bother Me Mom-I'm Learning!" both by Marc Prensky. He is the author of "digital natives vs. digital imagrants". While I don't buy all his ideas and theories about teens and multitasking I do like his thoughts on gaming and learning.

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Siwak on March 29, 2011 at 6:58pm

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Siwak on March 30, 2011 at 5:56pm

Minecraft was blocked today at my board. Has anyone else had this problem ?

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Siwak on April 1, 2011 at 11:00am

With a simple request, Minecraft has been unblocked at my school.

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Permalink Reply by Paul H. Strassner on April 14, 2011 at 6:06pm

Loved you blog.  Thanks.  I have been a gamer since the days of pong.  I would love to incorporate it into my room.  There are a ton of educational games out there now.

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Siwak on April 14, 2011 at 8:46pm

Thank you Paul. I went online to play pong! Now there's a game even I can figure out!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Ruddy on April 15, 2011 at 11:14am

Have you seen this video a student made using Minecraft to create a model of Saturn and the rest of the planets in our Solar System?
http://www.viduba.com/video:QZFbJVlaSpWTsZ0cjRkQTV1a0g3Vn1TP

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Permalink Reply by Briana Hernandez on April 16, 2011 at 10:50pm

I think that gaming is a great idea to use in the classroom. I am currently a student majoring in education and one of the classes that I am taking is based on becoming creative with many different activities and figuring out how to make them educational. I think that this just helps spark ideas and keep students entertained and wanting to learn. I really just think that with a little time and effort, everyday activities can be turned into something educational.

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Siwak on April 17, 2011 at 7:51am

Hi Briana,

How wonderful to have a course in creativity! 

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