Gaming
Video Games in Classrooms: Lessons Learned
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Join Marjee Chmiel, instructional technology specialist at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA and a former game designer, as she shares tried and tested tips for...
Guest Blogger: Doug Bergman Shares His Reflection on Using GameUp Games in Computer Science
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Thinking about using games in computer science? Check out what blogger Doug Bergman has to say! Doug Bergman is a teacher at Porter-Gaud School in Charleston, South Carolina. He’s been teaching for al...
EdWeb Webinar: Educational Games for Girls – Collaboration and Context
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This Thursday, January 10 at 4pm ET, join our friends at EdWeb for a compelling webinar.
Presenters: Victoria Van Voorhis, Founder & CEO, Second Avenue Software, and
Jayne C. Lammers, Assistan...
BrainPOP GameUp Game Jam at MIT
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Boston Area Teachers: GameUp Game Jam at MIT!
Friday, 11 January 2013, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. EST
Join local learning game designers, educational researchers, and fellow teachers...
Track Game Progress with Graphs
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If you’re using educational games over a period of time, ask your students to track game progress with graphs. Whenever a game is played, direct students to record their scores and a variable that sho...
Educational Games: 5 Ways to Structure Game Play
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There are lots of different ways you can have students explore online educational games. Here are five general approaches we can recommend to structure game play:
Whole Class Game Play: Project the g...
Setting Cooperative Gaming Expectations
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If you are allowing students to cooperatively play an educational game, make sure you go over expectations for being a good cooperative gaming partner. Explain what it looks like and sounds like to wo...
Setting the Stage for Game Play
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Coaches know the importance of a good pre-game talk, and so should you. What you say to learners can help them immensely as they begin to learn through game play. Here are some examples:
"Ther...
Setting Up Rules and Expectations for Game Play
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When students are playing a game, they often won't behave exactly the same way they do when they are taking a test or listening to a lecture. Students might be completely engrossed in what they are do...
Using BrainPOP’s GameUp to Teach About the Solar System
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In addition the many movie topic pages on the solar system, BrainPOP also has three dynamic games to help students learn about space in a fun and interactive way!
Build a Solar System allows studen...
