Video Games in the Classroom

1. Video Games in the Classroom Point - Counterpoint

2. Outline of today’s presentation • Introduction • Demonstration • Small group discussions (7 min) • Whole class point-counterpoint discussion (10-15 min) • Video • Examples • Quick survey

3. (R)evolution of video games(a very abbreviated history) From  here to there  Tennis for Two

4. Video games in school are not exactly new… Anyone remember this? Careful fording that river!

5. Are video games helping or hurting?? What do you think? Demonstration

6. Outline for today • Introduction • Demonstration • Small group discussions (5min) • Whole class point-counterpoint discussion (10-15 min) • Video • Examples • Quick survey

7. Grading With Games: An Interview with James Paul Gee video

8. Video Wrap-Up: What games do well • Provide constant assessment • Encourage creativity and problem solving • Allow for collaboration • Encourage production • Don’t separate learning from assessment • Provide “just in time” language • Give participants a chance to be both mentors and students

9. How to encourage use of technology and creativity in the classroom • Re-professionalize teaching • Move away from test prep academy schooling model • Allow teachers and students to learn together • Reward classroom innovation

10. Tabula Digita, a software company, sells video game subscriptions to schools for $7 to $20 a student for each subject. For a school of 1000 students that's $7000-$20000 in video game subscriptions for one subject alone!!!

11. Games for Physics/Math

12. Physics – Forza Motorsport • Physics concept reinforced through “tunables” • Students tuned the following parameters in their car • Tires (psi) • Gearing • Alignment (camber/caster) • Toe • Anti roll (front / rear stiffness) • Spring Rate • Ride Height • Dampening • Aero • Braking (Balance / Pressure) • Differential • Acceleration/ Deceleration

13. Student Testimonial

14. Closing questions

15. G A M E O V E R