#games4ed discussions cover ways in which gaming can be used in education. Games mirror the way the human mind was designed to learn. They motivate players to take risks and actions, persevere through failures, set and achieve increasingly difficult goals, and devote attention, time, and effort to acquiring knowledge and skills. All this while the game is tracking the player’s actions and assessing the player’s achievements and skills. Isn’t this what we want from education?
Hi. I'm Adam. I live in Myrtle Beach, SC. Just finished a rousing game Jumanji w my wife and kids during a (to my boys) a terrifying thunderstorm #games4ed
Hi everyone! I’m Phillip Loomis. I’m a District Instructional Technology Specialist for Bellevue Public Schools. My wife and I returned from 2 weeks at Disney World with kids and grands! #games4ed
Hello Melissa and #games4ed , Rachelle from Pittsburgh, teach Spanish and STEAM, and the great thing this week was #usmspark and meeting @mpilakow F2F and time with friends
Evening, #games4ed! Jim from NJ. I teach HS #theatreed & this week I received notice that we rec'd the licensing rights to the show I want to do for the #schoolplay next yr! (pending admin approval)
John from DC. High school Instructional Coach & English teacher, with no more students for a bit & a newfound chunk of free time! So I made a guest podcast appearance on #ProfessorGame and designed some sweet #QRBreakIN REVERSE escape rooms for next year! #games4ed
A1: For students who have social skills goals, put situations on them and when pulled out you have to talk about how you would respond to the situation #games4ed#LUlearns
Thank. Really hoping to get this up on the app store soon for iOS. Tiny, but would be nice to get it out. It's been a bit of a spiral this week, each change leads to ideas for more changes... #games4ed
A1: a couple ways, during some reviews, Ss can answer a Q correctly and get to move a block for pts - or write vocab or math on the blocks that students need to only pull to use, not keep building it up #games4ed
A1: I created Poetry Jenga where kids pull words and then have to write a poem using them.
Trying to think of more ways to deconstruct the game and use the blocks in a different way, though. Gotta get my creative hat on... #games4ed
A1. Attach story elements (characters, settings, etc). Students write/improvise a scene using those as prompts. Perhaps trading one that is disliked for another adds more fun. #games4ed#theatreed
I like this idea of using it to develop conversations and discussions. I wonder if I could use it the same way for sharing memories and developing ideas for narrative writing... #games4ed
This could be such fun! And this is where some cross-curricular stuff could occur if it's set in a foreign country, or historical period, or natural weather disaster or something... #games4ed
A1. Attach story elements (characters, settings, etc). Students write/improvise a scene using those as prompts. Perhaps trading one that is disliked for another adds more fun. #games4ed#theatreed
A1.2: History, Ss create timeline from blocks drawn or provide importance of event. ELA/Gramar, Ss identify specific part of speech & use in s sentence, use word to describe selected scene from novel. #games4ed
Love Jenga! Number-code the blocks, with specific “do now” activities for each based on which block you select. In the pics below, we’re searching for text evidence of color symbolism in The Great Gatsby based on the blocks that students select at random. #games4ed
Oh, if you had different coloured blocks, you could add in an element of needing to "collect" one of each colour, and if the tower breaks, you have to give all your pieces back and start over. #games4ed
I love this, Sean. I'm trying to figure out how to do something more like this--except that I teach English! But I want to get outside the box with this game and come up with something new like this #games4ed
A1.2: History, Ss create timeline from blocks drawn or provide importance of event. ELA/Gramar, Ss identify specific part of speech & use in s sentence, use word to describe selected scene from novel. #games4ed
I like this idea of using it to develop conversations and discussions. I wonder if I could use it the same way for sharing memories and developing ideas for narrative writing... #games4ed
A2 love the idea of this for building skills of listening, being open to other opinions and developing skills to communicate, collaborate, can be fun in Spanish #games4ed
A2) might be jumping the gun but this sounds very Apples to Apples-like. Love giving kids limited options (vocab words) to match an adjective. #games4ed
#games4ed a1 Jenga #game is a favourite. Even playing the game has a lot of prepositional work in it. Ss could only continue if they created a sentence. That and this #math version is fractionally sweet. @skymazef3#prepositions#tesoloz
Totally could! l think there are some versions of the game that are colored. Or maybe they're knockoff versions, but they are out there so you wouldn't have to paint them! #games4ed
Oh, if you had different coloured blocks, you could add in an element of needing to "collect" one of each colour, and if the tower breaks, you have to give all your pieces back and start over. #games4ed
A2: new game for me - but I could see it going with my social studies, with historical figures and items from their time, show understanding of the people and items #games4ed
Snake Oil works much the same way. Mash up any two random household objects & create an outrageous #SharkTank style “pitch” for your bogus product — tailoring your presentation exclusively for (character x from course content). Rhetoric with text support. What a hoot! #games4ed
I never thought of it as a drama warmup either, but now you've got me thinking. I'd have to look through the cards, but I think a lot of them would lend themselves well! #games4ed
A1–Jenga would be an amazing game for Math. Especially with students learning their multiplication facts. Write a fact on each block. #games4ed#READ5305
A2: I’ve not played this, but was thinking about a couple of HS courses for marketing or journalism; arguments must follow a persuasive form used in ads. #games4ed
I’ve got two pairs of students making a mad dash for the Golden Skull tomorrow! They’ll be solving final riddles & puzzles related to see which pair walks away with this pendant & exemption from the final. After a few weeks they’re tied at the gates. #xplap#sstlap#games4ed
There is usually a certain cost per piece and requirement for height, length, and weight that they must hold. Then we usually backwards engineer why certain designs worked better than others. #Games4Ed
For me it’s a great speech and debate tool, kids have to go head to head and be mindful, talk for a set period of time and have limited “ummmms” or “stalls” #games4ed
Q3: Twine and Storium are great online website for CYOA and collaborative writing. How can narrative writing work into your current curriculum?
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Hey #games4ed, totally forgot this was tonight! I’m Dwight from the Adirondacks, NY... one great thing was making plans to check out Indian Head tomorrow for sunset with a friend.
Snake Oil works much the same way. Mash up any two random household objects & create an outrageous #SharkTank style “pitch” for your bogus product — tailoring your presentation exclusively for (character x from course content). Rhetoric with text support. What a hoot! #games4ed
I love Superfight, it requires all the skills of debate-language skills, good vocabulary, understanding of your audience, the structure of a good argument, also the awesome power of Chuck Norris-the problem is when there are cards with choices and they’re all Thanos #Games4Ed
Outrageous arguments are great! Teaching students rhetoric & how to defend the ridiculous will help them craft better arguments when less ridiculous. #games4ed
@SHEG_Stanford has a 'Student Academic Conference' structure. Ss assigned a position to defend. Then hear the opposite side. Then both have to come to consensus. Great way to see multiple perspectives on primary sources.
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A3. Side quests! Students really dig in to the idea of writing from the in-character perspective of their player avatar. What does the world (current unit of course curriculum) look like as you’re seeing it through their eyes? No grades. All for XP. SUPER engaging. #games4ed
Q3: Twine and Storium are great online website for CYOA and collaborative writing. How can narrative writing work into your current curriculum?
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A2 love the idea of this for building skills of listening, being open to other opinions and developing skills to communicate, collaborate, can be fun in Spanish #games4ed
Q3: Twine and Storium are great online website for CYOA and collaborative writing. How can narrative writing work into your current curriculum?
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A3 narratives are always on the work menu, kids can immerse themselves into a particular culture and time period (soc) or insert themselves I to the science curriculum #games4ed
A3: Love CYOA great writing exercise! It makes Ss consider many different paths and how to develop the story to fit. I can use it with SS, ELA and ICT if you make them online with Google Forms #games4ed
I'm Kelly from Galveston, Tx! Last year I taught third grade (all subjects).
This week my first grade summer school kids read for 30 minutes on their own!
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Q3: Twine and Storium are great online website for CYOA and collaborative writing. How can narrative writing work into your current curriculum?
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A3: Actually, while Twine works so well with ELA, I’ve actually worked to use it with math too where it takes students through numerical challenges to solve and wrong responses take you to weird review storylines-for simple stories I just use Google Forms #Games4Ed
A3. Side quests! Students really dig in to the idea of writing from the in-character perspective of their player avatar. What does the world (current unit of course curriculum) look like as you’re seeing it through their eyes? No grades. All for XP. SUPER engaging. #games4ed
Q3: Twine and Storium are great online website for CYOA and collaborative writing. How can narrative writing work into your current curriculum?
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A3: History is narrative. Telling so#glories about the past. Choosing what details to support your claims & weave the story is what we’re training kids to do in social studies classes. #games4ed
Thanks for throwing this in! I've been mentioning Twine and CYOA in presentations, and I've been needing ideas of how to use it in math classes! #games4ed
A3: Actually, while Twine works so well with ELA, I’ve actually worked to use it with math too where it takes students through numerical challenges to solve and wrong responses take you to weird review storylines-for simple stories I just use Google Forms #Games4Ed
Q4: A Mystery Box contains artifacts that tell a story or mystery. Which of your units of learning could you integrate a Mystery Box for your students?
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You might also want to check out The Mysterious Package Company @themysteriouscohttps://t.co/60s3dg2TH7
#games4ed So sorry I'm late, but finally here! I'm Heidi high school ELA teacher from Nebraska, not far from @mpilakow, actually. One awesome thing this week was that I took some students to Code Crush Summit in Omaha and they learned about jobs that are currently being created!
Great question! Twine is great at creating Choose Your Own Adventure stories. I suggest Storium for groups writing stories together. They're both awesome! #games4ed
Heidi!!! I'm so happy you made it! I drove through Gordon last week! And way to go on taking kids all the way to Omaha--I just got back from there yesterday! That's a long way for a field trip! #games4ed
A4 I play 'whats in your wallet' as ice breaker. Have Ss bring something that tells about them. Trade w partner and both analyze. Then they explain what they think they learned to the partner based on the artifact. Share to group if comfortable. #games4ed
A4: I jumped straight to History with this one! Use the items to help introduce the new culture/civilization. Have Ss develop a narrative to explain the civ. they feel it may be and why. #games4ed
Q4: A Mystery Box contains artifacts that tell a story or mystery. Which of your units of learning could you integrate a Mystery Box for your students?
#games4ed
You might also want to check out The Mysterious Package Company @themysteriouscohttps://t.co/60s3dg2TH7
I have had some @breakoutEDU fun (related to science or coding) start with a mystery box that was filled with artifacts and clues. I always like to throw in a few random things also to serve as red herrings and lead to later questions/discussion #Games4Ed
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A4: First off - awesome idea! Second - Can use it with Ancient Civs as a breakout stly clue box that they need to solve puzzles. Same with math, you can get the right pieces in the box to make a math breakout #games4ed
History is such a perfect fit, especially if able to get sample artifacts! Plus, boxes could be different for groups, and they could compare what they found! #games4ed
A4 Id rather have my kids make a mystery box themselves, include artifacts that they think represent or sumerize the unit, mystery boxes could be reused for later years to introduce Ss to the boxes #games4ed
A4. This would work well at the end of my character quest unit in Theatre 1. After the boss battle the box could contain an extension to the quest, or intro the new unit. #games4ed
Q4: A Mystery Box contains artifacts that tell a story or mystery. Which of your units of learning could you integrate a Mystery Box for your students?
#games4ed
You might also want to check out The Mysterious Package Company @themysteriouscohttps://t.co/60s3dg2TH7
#games4ed a4 This would be a great way to work out what evidence, primary versus secondary can tell you. And this is not a pink unicorn for sure. Visual learners will springboard really well from a mystery box of evidence. @skymazef3
Cool idea! Reminds me of a sesh @burgess_shelley had this week where we had to plan a lesson with only what we had in our purse/wallets. Love your idea, though! And they could also create a game out of the stuff as an extension idea! #games4ed
A4: I want to do a mystery box activity with all my Ss at the start of the year. Have them bring in objects and brown bag them, exchange the bags & have Ss write a narrative about the person from the objects they included in their bag. Gets right into artifact analysis! #games4ed
A4. Super cool! Clever way to pre-teach by putting pieces together from physical clues! I’ve done something similar with a class #improv game where each student is only allowed to speak one line each from an upcoming story (again & again). BUILDS INTRIGUE LIKE WHOAH! #games4ed
Q4: A Mystery Box contains artifacts that tell a story or mystery. Which of your units of learning could you integrate a Mystery Box for your students?
#games4ed
You might also want to check out The Mysterious Package Company @themysteriouscohttps://t.co/60s3dg2TH7
Q4: A Mystery Box contains artifacts that tell a story or mystery. Which of your units of learning could you integrate a Mystery Box for your students?
#games4ed
You might also want to check out The Mysterious Package Company @themysteriouscohttps://t.co/60s3dg2TH7
A4 Id rather have my kids make a mystery box themselves, include artifacts that they think represent or sumerize the unit, mystery boxes could be reused for later years to introduce Ss to the boxes #games4ed
A5: We do a Book Madness, 32 books going for the title! Ss nominate books and give reason why they should win. Ss vote bracket style till there is a winner! #Pax and #FishInaTree have been winners the past 2 years #games4ed
Daaaaaaannnnnggg, just another great idea, Carrie! Plus, I have a closet full of smallish boxes that I just KNEW would find a purpose some day! And now, you've provided it! #games4ed
A4 Id rather have my kids make a mystery box themselves, include artifacts that they think represent or sumerize the unit, mystery boxes could be reused for later years to introduce Ss to the boxes #games4ed
A5. Looking to use brackets in my college theatre for young audiences class toward the end of the semester as a way to compare everything we've considered. Much of the class revolves around the definition of #TYA & what is "good" and why. #games4ed#theatreed
A5:You could use it as a bonding experience. Everyday, talk about the game and something positive about the game. Conversation skills are important!#games4ed
There’s a fun @jackboxgames called bracketeering where you that is sort of like Superfight where you vote on winners in weird categories-that’s fun for vocabulary development #Games4Ed
I'm with you! I do this (but I use a bag instead of a box). Kids have to figure out which character I'm referencing. I'd like it if the kids made the box/bag too and tried to get the class to figure out their person.
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A5: We do a Book Madness, 32 books going for the title! Ss nominate books and give reason why they should win. Ss vote bracket style till there is a winner! #Pax and #FishInaTree have been winners the past 2 years #games4ed
A5: I've used brackets at the beginning of poetry unit for a BEST POEM EVER tournament where kids have to write a nomination letter/argument for their poem. But now wondering if I could open up the argument genre on this assignment to be more visual? #games4ed
Oh there’s always a reason for small boxes 😆 I have WAY more then I could possibly need and yet still collect more every year, a few are turning into my game creation station at the moment #games4ed
A5: Most important event in US history from our course... kids will make a bracket based on the seeds & then we’ll vote as a class through each of the rounds. #games4ed
Q5: I'd love to use the bracket with characters from books we read. Even my third graders could create arguments for which characters would win each face-off. Thanks for this idea!!!
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A5: For Elem Math, create a bracket in which Ss need to follow PMDAS to evaluate the equation correctly to end up with the correct answer. Stop at each level to eliminate incorrect answers. #games4ed
It has been great! I print off the book covers and use masking tape and make the bracket on a wall. The winning books get to move to the next stage of the bracket. Kids love it! #games4ed
#games4ed Is true I learn something new every day (why wait for summer I ask) Bracketology. Had never heard of it but can see it would anchor a non written language like #asl or #auslan or #bsl. Well you get it, sign language @skymazef3#games#learning ta da #tesoloz@mltav
A5 (cont'd): Wish I'd found this before the end of the year. Advanced #theatreed class has been discussing @TheTonyAwards performances & a bracket would have been a great activity for that. #games4ed
A5: I have seen this done with many different styles for books. Our librarian use Bluebonnet nominees on year and most checked out books the next. #games4ed#READ5305
It’s getting tweaked again when I get home, I want it to don’t in one cubical like space with room for blank game boards, cards, timers and spinners are well. Also still collecting parts #games4ed
A5: For Elem Math, create a bracket in which Ss need to follow PMDAS to evaluate the equation correctly to end up with the correct answer. Stop at each level to eliminate incorrect answers. #games4ed
Definitely would have been awesome for the Tony Awards! I can imagine the conversations they would have both filling out brackets and after the show! #games4ed
A5. We host a month-long bracketology tournament pitting characters from American Lit head-to-head in a battle of who had it the hardest. Teaches empathy. Single elimination tourney called #MarchSadness w/ arguments & class vote to advance. Plays like Apples to Apples! #games4ed
A6 Word association connections. Connect the dominos of vocab words, concepts, people, places etc, explain how they’re connected when you play a tile. #games4ed
A6 I think it could be great for making connections, add images to dominos and students have to connect sides that relate in some way, then defend their choice, if they can’t make a valid argument they don’t get the pairing #games4ed
Thanks! I’ve been scavenging old game boxes at thrift stores, found a pound of dice!!!!!! And picked up some cool stuff at craft stores. It’s coming together #games4ed
A6: I've created some basic vocab cards and mixed them with Apples to apples and Superfight cards for a domino-esque game. It's not flashy or pretty, but it turned out to be pretty fun! #games4ed
A6. Forced connections all the way. Dominoes, original pneumonics, Rory’s Story Cubes. “Here’s a finite set of (x) things. Now make them fit together & be prepared to explain to the class how and why they fit in the fashion you’ve selected.” Especially when time bound! #games4ed
A6: You could also use this to build new words by having root words on one side and a suffix or prefix on the other. Great for vocabulary! #games4ed#READ5305
Q5: Have concepts written around the edges and have them go head to head on most important concept of the term/unit/semester/year. Students must justify choices. #games4ed
A7: A few years ago, I challenged Ss to create a game. 3 Ss used a Chutes & Ladders game to create a Parts of Speech game. Played many times for the past 3yrs! #games4ed
A7 dnd written for soc or sci standards, turning video games into PE games, chess just as it is, speech stick challenge, and drawing card challenges ( pairs describe images on cards to a partner and see how close the partner can draw the image without ever seeing it) #games4ed
Wow! I didn't think the card game was nearly as great as the original computer game, but whole new generation experiences it another way! Interesting and good that they are loving it! #games4ed
A7: Have yet to meet a student (youth or adult) who doesn't get excited for @GetKahoot. They also enjoy when dice are involved, so any chance I can get I do that. #games4ed
A7 Any of the #gbl tools are favorites, but so are traditional games like Scrabble in Spanish or making up games with flashcards, and definitely the @gimkit game has been great #games4ed
One of the teachers in my alt route class said he uses Chutes & Ladders, but does it in reverse. Ss start at the top & at certain intervals a level burns up. If they are on that level at that time, they are out of the game. #games4ed
I would think of a real-world situation that requires a mathematical solution and put in charts, artifacts, equations they'll need, and let them try to figure out how to solve it #games4ed
#games4ed a7 My ss would do anything to play Uno, including using whatever they are studying for LOTE. Also done it that they have to say a fact after each round. Scary bingo ss take turns in being the tile puller and therefore teacher. @skymazef3#game#LanguageMatters#game
I'd love to use Guess Who to help students work on their descriptions. Be extra tricky and enforce some additional rules after a while, maybe they can't use color words or that they must include character traits in their guesses
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A7: Have yet to meet a student (youth or adult) who doesn't get excited for @GetKahoot. They also enjoy when dice are involved, so any chance I can get I do that. #games4ed
If you're looking for a little something new to throw into the mix, take a look at https://t.co/o5vIYEk7Rh ... Ss earn money and can purchase powerups to help them earn faster. Made by a high school student, too! #games4ed
A7. #QRBreakIN is my take on a “reverse” escape room. Small team race through (x) themed centers, w/ unique deliverables for each center (Think old-school “centers” with a gamified twist). Race to collect as many as you can before time expires. Totally replaced lecture! #games4ed
A8: There are so many ways to play traditional games in untraditional ways, new online tools like Twine, and remembering to have fun in the coming school year! #games4ed#LUlearns
I loved all the twists on classic games! Can't wait to use them in the coming years to foster both academic and social development! Great chat!!
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My mind is blown with the new, creative ways to use some of these games--Thank you for sharing all your ideas and brilliance! It's been a great chat tonight! My hat's off to you all!
A8. Tons of clever, innovative educators out there. Great game jamming with you folks this evening. So happy to add y’all to my PLN tribe (and hope you’ll likewise follow back)! #games4ed
