Class
Constance Steinkuehler on World of Warcraft as a learning environmentSmart Attendance - place your name under your choice
Smart software download and some extra Galleries for specific subjects
Next class is Monday - check the RWL below.
Pre-service teacher tech info session Oct 20 - Invitation letter
Questions about assignments??
Important Ideas # 8 and 9
A15
Games in Education - beyond Jeopardy and review
- Are they beneficial?
- What is learned?
- How do we 'assess' progress?
- How do we ‘justify’ using games to admin and parents?
- Are problem-solving, collaboration, communication, literacy, critical thinking enough? x Employability skills
Assessment - James Paul Gee on Games and Assessment (Video)
What Exactly Are Kids Learning From Games?
Smartboard games
A17
Apps and games
What are the obstacles for you in using games?
McLuhan speech - first 10 minutes
A17 - Lab
Try out some games in your subject area - critique them based on:Fun
Content
Ease of play
???
Bio Games link - Spongelab Interactive
explorelearning.com - class code: 3FRYNF7PEQ
Stu's Quiz Boxes (requires a download and install on a WIndows computer)
The Problem Site
Canada Quiz
Games Sites
Nobel Prize Site - Games
FutureLabs
HIstory Games - BBC
Colorado U project
English Games
Game Creation software
Kodu - easy to learn 3D game cration
Game Maker
RWL - Technology Bias for Monday!!
At least TWO of the following and bring your notes:What You Don't Know Can Hurt You - http://www.sustainable-city.org/intervws/mander.htm
Videos:
http://fora.tv/2006/11/28/Paradigm_Wars#fullprogram - You can watch just segments of this using the choices listed. It would not paly in Firefox for me, but was fine in Chrome.
General videos by Mander - or do your own search
Metaphor
Lakoff and Johnson - Metaphors We Live By - and a summary and Bower's critique
Lakoff video of how this started
Lakoff video - Framing
Neil Postman - Five Things we should Know About Technological Change
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