#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?
Welcome to #games4ed! Tonight we're taking classic tabletop games and modifying them to fit our classrooms! Can't wait to hear all the ideas!
Feel free to introduce yourselves!
Hello everyone! My name is Jessica Burton and I'm currently a junior at Stockton University in New Jersey. I look forward to chatting with you all tonight! #Games4Ed#GEN2108
I'm Beth Bachuss and I teach Ceramics and Video Game Design. My advanced game design kids are currently designing ARGs for some of the English, Science, and History teachers. #games4ed
Here's an overview of the questions--or rather--games to modify tonight :) I can't wait to see ideas of mod the games to different content areas! #games4ed
#games4ed#edit2000mane Hi I'm Hannah. I am student at UGA. I am interested in the benefits of using iPads in elementary classrooms to increase focus and participation.
A1) you could use this in so many ways! Best way is to change the heads into vocabulary words or topics (biomes, would be great) and the clues go for each one! #games4ed
A1: This would be a great review for characters in the books we read or famous people in history. Right now using descriptions from Go Set A Watchman to Guess Who? in #tokillamockingbird#games4ed
A1: I could see presidents or states being used. Students have to guess the state or president a person is thinking about by asking specific questions! #games4ed
A1: we just did two facts and a lie. I would use this games as the live game with my students. I would have the kids give clues based off a special student. #games4ed
#games4ed#edit2000mane Guess who would be a great game for memory content. Science and history are great ideas! Also, geography would be a good topic. Does anyone know if guess who is available as as app? Or if there is an app that can be modified for original content?
A1: This would be a great review for characters in the books we read or famous people in history. Right now using descriptions from Go Set A Watchman to Guess Who? in #tokillamockingbird#games4ed
I agree! I mentioned presidents, but states is also a great choice! Doing something fun to learn the states will definitely help them learn better. #Games4Ed#GEN2108
A1 Yeah, love this concept as a "get to know you" of the students too. Challenge them to learn quite a few facts about each other and see if they can figure out who you have selected. Could definitely pull it off digitally in a Google Drawing too #games4ed
A1: I would create a game that used game developers and techie celebs as the characters and mod the game to tailor to that. Likewise, I would have kids mod the game to have the characters represent celebrities and allow the questions to relate accordingly #games4ed
A1: We've been studying different ceramic artists. I could gather their work and they could play. "My artist's work is a mix of handbuilding and wheel throwing" or "My artist uses the sgraffito technique." #games4ed
A2 could have Ss create a mystery, written in Spanish and place clues around, have to solve riddles, also similar to a digital @breakoutEDU that I created #Games4Ed
A1 Yeah, love this concept as a "get to know you" of the students too. Challenge them to learn quite a few facts about each other and see if they can figure out who you have selected. Could definitely pull it off digitally in a Google Drawing too #games4ed
A2 could have Ss create a mystery, written in Spanish and place clues around, have to solve riddles, also similar to a digital @breakoutEDU that I created #Games4Ed
A2: I know our advanced science classes do a CSI game, and our police chief comes in to facilitate it. It's so cool to see the community coming in with the "game"! #games4ed
I could see this game being used with cause and effect of food chains. If you eliminate one species and they try to figure out which you eliminated with clues! #games4ed
A2 I'm going off the grid and suggesting the cooler version of Clue, Mysterium. Students have to use the very subtle & unique paintings in the game to try and give hints as to the characters/famous figures/ideas they are trying to convey to other students. #games4ed
A2 The top-down map is a feature that can be carried over 1000000 ways. Some #gamification Ts are going to be using this structure for a haunted house quest next fall. Anyone else want in??? #games4ed
A2: I've never bought from this company, but it did inspire me to make a Macbeth mystery box before we read...greatest inference-building activity I'd ever created! https://t.co/60s3dg2TH7#games4ed
A2 I also love the mechanic of gradually collecting pieces of information. Similar to Escape Room in that way. Requires students to carefully evaluate the evidence they collect. #games4ed
A2 I'm going off the grid and suggesting the cooler version of Clue, Mysterium. Students have to use the very subtle & unique paintings in the game to try and give hints as to the characters/famous figures/ideas they are trying to convey to other students. #games4ed
Or really any unit that has multiple concepts. Like periods in the periodic table, or forms of energy--have the secret passageways be potential and kinetic energy that ties them together. #games4ed
A2 I also like the idea of the teacher making one player the secret "killer" role and having other students try to figure it out.
You'd need a really good "killer" selected though - one who won't leak their identity to friends! #games4ed
Q3: this can be used for math of course (like adding subtracting or recognizing the amount in dot form) or knocked over for science as a lab. #games4ed#troll209
A2 I'm going off the grid and suggesting the cooler version of Clue, Mysterium. Students have to use the very subtle & unique paintings in the game to try and give hints as to the characters/famous figures/ideas they are trying to convey to other students. #games4ed
A3: you could put different concepts for each set of numbers and see how kids make the connections. No exact matching, but each match has to have a justification as to why it works. #games4ed
A3: I've had students make paper dominoes with vocab word on one end and an image on the other. They have to explain how words/images connect. We even did it once with hexagon pieces! #games4ed
A3 Love how you could challenge students to play a "two-headed" card that connects in some way to the previous card they connected it to on the board. Connecting Romeo to Foil and then connecting Tybalt to Foil helps students explain how the three are related. #games4ed
A3: this can be used for math of course (like adding subtracting or recognizing the amount in dot form) or knocked over for science as a lab. #games4ed#troll209
Cause and effect. Dump waste in river, hit the dominos. Last domino falls into river, each domino that falls is fish death. (Offset some so they don’t all fall but it gets point across) #games4ed
A3: I've had students make paper dominoes with vocab word on one end and an image on the other. They have to explain how words/images connect. We even did it once with hexagon pieces! #games4ed
A3: "Dominoes" would be a great way to get the students to work together. They have to COMMUNICATE, or the dominoes will never stay up. It could be useful in a math lesson too. #Games4Ed#GEN2108
A3: this can be used for math of course (like adding subtracting or recognizing the amount in dot form) or knocked over for science as a lab. #games4ed#troll209
A3) Think of Dominoes as a matching game. Anything that you would want to match could be used on the tiles. Cd cover any topic, like synonyms, places, authors and books, etc. #games4ed
A4 It could be a clever brainstorming strategy, a challenge to describe a character, theme, or text, or a great challenge for a creative writing prompt. #games4ed
A4 Great for teaching alliteration too, heh.
"Write a story using your Scattergories answers as the inspiration." - I would read that... haha. #games4ed
Scattergories would be useful for terminology review. Describe a fresnel without these words. Or summarize a plot, perhaps. Some ideas to play with there. #games4ed
Traditionally, you have a list of random items and an alphabet die. Whatever letter is rolled, you try to write an item that starts with that letter. But if you have the same as another player...no points #games4ed
A2: Mystery box, mystery envelopes, @breakoutEDU - can all be used in a Clue like game. Even using artifacts for students to uncover and solve #games4ed
A4: There is a Scattergories game app that can be downloaded on the iPad. Students can have a fun, interactive way to study any subject. #games4ed#edit2000mane
A4: Instead of one letter, I've given Ss a list of some (or all) letters and had them write descriptors for Beowulf. Or any story. Great evaluation & discussion justifying answers #games4ed
That alphabet die is one of the best tools ever in a gamified classroom. I have purchased more than one incomplete Scattergories game from GoodWill for that die alone!! #games4ed
A3: I like the idea of kids modding a game like dominoes to change the rules - my mind always goes to the idea of taking the game and creating a new game to explore different game mechanics, game ideas, narrative, etc. #games4ed
A4 It could be a clever brainstorming strategy, a challenge to describe a character, theme, or text, or a great challenge for a creative writing prompt. #games4ed
Agreed. And a good point. I like the idea of giving them the pieces but must create a brand new game. I used cards of fallacies earlier and told to make a game but no matching games. It was amazing what they did after the obvious! #games4ed
Q5: Pandemic, Risk, Ticket to Ride all require planning and strategy to control the game.
How could one of these types of games be adapted for your curriculum?
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Agreed. And a good point. I like the idea of giving them the pieces but must create a brand new game. I used cards of fallacies earlier and told to make a game but no matching games. It was amazing what they did after the obvious! #games4ed
A5 well we cover medical chapters and trip planning, I am sure it could tie in nicely, have Ss come up with their own game pieces, rules, etc #Games4Ed
This morning I modified a D&D style RPG to teach character and story development. The kids went on a quest using @GooseChase. Didn't get to debrief it; can't wait to hear what they thought.
A5) I've begun to plan a unit in which groups of students become theatre companies & earn resources, face challenges, etc in putting together a theatre season & production #games4ed
Totally love this idea! Simulation games are some of my favorites--so applicable to real life! They get a real sense of what it takes to put on a show! #games4ed
Absolutely! I've seen something similar with building towns and why they're built the way they are! Kinda makes me wish I taught social studies! #games4ed
These are some really great ideas! I'm continuing to look for similar apps that can be downloaded onto iPads for students to use. #games3ed#edit2000mane#games4ed
Can work as a choose your own adventure and mission based reading/inquiry unit. Also create like an anticipation guide to help Ss read a difficult text #games4ed
A6 - you know I’m a sucker for narrative games. Always a great way to make connections between lessons and to immerse students in content. We need more LORE IN LEARNING!! #games4ed
A6: I have actually been having my kids play and review the Oregon Trail lately :) I love having them look at old games and assess the educational value. Presenting at #sxswedu with @MatthewFarber@icivics@louise_dube and @SusannaPollack on What Kids Say About Games #games4ed
A6: Learning through a game experience is quite impactful - sure beats reading a text book - and when kids co-create the learning experience - Blammo! #games4ed
Great segue :) I believe you are right! Hope everyone joins us! #games4ed - in fact in anticipation of next week's chat please have your kids give you their feedback on games and how they could be used in education (or not)
A6: I have actually been having my kids play and review the Oregon Trail lately :) I love having them look at old games and assess the educational value. Presenting at #sxswedu with @MatthewFarber@icivics@louise_dube and @SusannaPollack on What Kids Say About Games #games4ed
Reminds me even of the Holocaust Museum. To be given the name and description of a real person from the time and then at the end discover their fate. Not fun, but powerful. #games4ed
A6 Designing any experience w/ great Systems Thinking - students weighing many variables and trying to make the best choice without sacrificing morals, etc. is HUGE. Oregon Trail did this well! #games4ed
A7. I've struggled to find ways to incorporate #games4ed into theatre, but tonight's chat supported some ideas I'm working on. Encouraged to keep gong with them.
A7: Thinking about out of the boardgame box thinking. Looking at old-school games as sources of inspirations akin to "Ok, what can I/we do with ___" #games4ed
It was an honor, a pleasure, and a joy to be a part of #games4ed tonight! So many great ideas stirring! Thanks for all who joined in and shared!! As usual, you blew my mind!
