#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?
Good evening - I'm Max. I'm a Business Education teacher in Chambersburg PA.
Favorite game is a board game called Air Baron. Favorite Classic Game is probably Super Mario Bros. 3
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Hello all. Mike Neumire, instructional technology specialist in Rochester, NY. Favorite classic would probably be Asteroids. Does that count? #games4ed
Super Mario World. I cannot count the number of times I've played and the the number of different systems I've played it on now since on my original SNES. :) #games4ed
I still remember the first time my grandma taught me Chinese Checkers. I beat her. "Beginners luck" she told me. And I don't think I ever beat her again! #games4ed
Here's a preview to tonight's 30-minute chat.
We'll follow the Q1/A1 format for questions and answers.
First Q will tweet out at :06 after the hour!
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#games4ed Hi everyone my name is Rebecca and I am a preservice teacher at Grove City College! I am excited to be in my first Twitter chat! My favorite classic game is Candy Land! #gccedu
#games4ed My name is Hannah Wilson! I am currently a student at Grove City college in Pennsylvania. I am a preservice teacher pursuing an elementary and special ed major! My favorite classic game is twister!
A1: musical chairs involves movement, music, chance and racing. QR codes around the room = movement, chance and easily involves content. Could use music to measure time for different challenges. Students could make own music on GB to match tone of a story, then rotate. #Games4ed
A1: Not really musical chairs as there is no music, but wheneevr I have kids form teams they select and if I don't like I have one eprson remain in place and everyone else moves to the left (or right). Always reminded of musical chairs. #games4ed
I like the idea of an unexpected time limit. Ive heard @mrmatera talk a few times (once at #hivesummit) about youtube sunset timers. Not a set time but you no the end is nigh! #games4ed
A1 - Musical chairs is a combination of 2 things:
1) randomness - when will the music stop?
2) scarcity - there aren't enough chairs?
Both work well in lots of games. #games4ed
Just modified some cards. 7 means silence until the next 7. 6 means slap the table and last draws 2. 0 lets you switch hands with another player. #games4ed
A1: You could create a trivia game and put the answers on the chairs and have the students sit on the answer they think is correct. This is almost more an idea for a four corners activity but I think you could make it work #games4ed
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MC stations sound fun - I'm in a computer lab and can create various stations in various parts of my room. It's the whole logging into the computers that takes time.
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Ugh, if Yugioh counts then I have to change my answer to Magic the Gathering which would definitely then count. (It is 25 years old... geez.) #games4ed
A1: No one ever gets out, but each draws a vocab word and starts a story...when the music stops, they have to draw a new vocab word and go to a new seat to continue that story. #games4ed
Agreed. Or it depends on the objective. But if the objective is content, then definitely important to keep them in the game. Or have a way to jump back in the game. I never liked games where you were permanently out. #games4ed
A2 - Bingo is a perfect listening exercise. Fill it with various things that will be talked about in a presentation, and all of a sudden people are paying *close* attention. #games4ed
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Instead of basic numbers, I would think a webquest of items in the BINGO grid to research/explain would be fun - but I would "rig" the boards to make sure the students had at least one tough challenge to get their 5 in a row.
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A2: instead of numbers, put words on the cards. In order to complete Bingo, Ss have to write a sentence with all their words. Make slow play bingo- each number is linked to a badge / challenge that Ss have to earn over the course of a week, read a new number a day. #games4ed
A2: Ive done things like element bingo (though it can be done with other things. You call out a clue instead of a number and they have to makr the correct element. (i.e. element with 6 protons...) #games4ed
A2 - Bingo is a perfect listening exercise. Fill it with various things that will be talked about in a presentation, and all of a sudden people are paying *close* attention. #games4ed
A2: Bingo could be used as a review of the lesson where if you have the answer to the question you put down a chip. You could also have different levels of the game where it becomes a championship tournament and the kids have to work to get higher in the tournament #games4ed
I might try this with some of our vocabulary words, maybe even say all five words need to fit together into a paragraph/storyline, not just separate sentences. Would make them have to think about relationships of words #Games4Ed
A2: instead of numbers, put words on the cards. In order to complete Bingo, Ss have to write a sentence with all their words. Make slow play bingo- each number is linked to a badge / challenge that Ss have to earn over the course of a week, read a new number a day. #games4ed
A1: How about there's a piece of paper with a series of questions under each chair and when you sit on that chair, you must answer one of the questions correctly to keep it or the S who is "out" is allowed to steal your chair? #games4ed
A2: I love Bingo! One possibility is to keep the bingo cards the same, but after x-number of correct answers or 10 minutes of active participation in class, (insert desired outcome here), T calls a given amount of numbers for card. #games4ed
A3: We love using scrabble as a way to review vocabulary. A variation our Ss love: Ss can choose any word they want, but they have to relate it back to the content. They get so clever in their connections. #games4ed
Love the tournament idea! That reminds me of an idea I'd played with this summer--a Superfight tourney with our argument unit--and I would've forgotten if you hadn't reminded me! Thank you! #Games4Ed
A2: I've done pronoun bingo in my class. It's in combination with memory as well. If you turn over two cards that are a possessive pronouns and adjective (ie: her and hers), you can mark off a square on your card that has three sentences, such as... (cont next post) #games4ed
A3: bananagrams!
Again, make it slow play. Give students a letter a day, let them rearrange to their heart’s content. Better yet, let them complete challenges to earn letters.
Have students write a mystery where scrabble letters are the central clue. #games4ed
A3: I've seen a commercial math scrabble version. Thinking the tiles could be used as sentence starters in a vocab game or concept review game. You have to use the letter to begin a sentence related to the content. #games4ed
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One class I teach is ICT (Speech) and we do sales pitches. We can draw random Scrabble letters and have Ss find a product or company that starts with that letter and sell one of their products.
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A3: You could have different stations where the students have to use the tiles to figure out what the code is to move on to the next station. You could also use the tiles for an art project that is fun and creative! #games4ed
A3: You could create a friendly competition in the classroom and have the kids split into teams, or partners, and try to spell as many words as they can with a given number of tiles. #games4ed
A1: How about there's a piece of paper with a series of questions under each chair and when you sit on that chair, you must answer one of the questions correctly to keep it or the S who is "out" is allowed to steal your chair? #games4ed
A3: How about for math mixed with ELA? "Create a word using only 1 point tiles." Or make a vocabulary word that is worth x amount of points. Or create a word where the place values are ascending. #games4ed
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I also teach Accounting, which relies on step by step work. Drawing cards is a way to create a random order of students to do those steps on my smartboard.
Also - cards make the perfect way to randomly group kids either by suit, color, or card.
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A4: Use the cards to split the kids into groups for projects or discussions. You could even use Old Maid cards to give the each student a partner. #games4ed
A4: Great for structuring transitions. Each card = group role.use them to jigsaw groups by number and then suit. Cards are also great for creativity. Ss create card games around content. Even better, give them baskets of random items to build into game, like Chopped. #games4ed.
A4: For elementary level you could have colors on each of the cards and they have to figure out what the pattern is with the cards at each station around the room. You could also do a type of go fish game with colors and match them #games4ed
I just keep thinking of how all of these elements can be used in a @BreakoutEDU. I've done Uno cards but now I'm thinking I need to add Scrabble tiles, Bingo boards... #games4ed
I love this double challenge. Another idea I've never heard of until tonight. I think this might be what our couch competition will be next Friday! #Games4Ed
A3: How about for math mixed with ELA? "Create a word using only 1 point tiles." Or make a vocabulary word that is worth x amount of points. Or create a word where the place values are ascending. #games4ed
A4 - card sharks is a fun old time game show that featured cards and worked on the higher than / lower than concept that would fit early elementary
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A4: I've been using the cards as roles for MAFIA in our theater class (a role playing game)...but makes me think of other ways I could use this idea in other classes. Hmmm.... #Games4Ed
I can't believe we're already done! INSANE!! Thank you everyone for the amazingness tonight!! I can't believe how many ideas I'm leaving with!! #games4ed
Thanks #games4ed! I had a blast with y'all! Hope to be back next week - Thursdays are always kind of "iffy" here. Love any chance I get to learn with y'all though!
