Games based Resources
Fun is Underrated
Core questions
What do I need to teach
What will students be ding in the class
How much fun will my students have? Why?
Video -- http://bit.ly/eQdkq
Made stairs into piano keys
Significantly more peo0ple chose to climb musical stairs rather than escalator
Games
Games-based learning depends a lot on the teacher
Says that higher-performing students are distracted by games, they want to get to the information
I wonder if those kids are smarter or good at playing the "school" game
Game that the Center is Developing - http://tinyurl.com/games-presentation
Title:
Mystery Matters
List:
Fulfil some outcomes whilst solving a myster
Game-based
Interactive
Inventory
buy clues
Play flash-based mini games that report back
Multimedia
Currently piloting two mysteries in school
Live 3rd of May
Web-based
More to come
Who's designing the games?
What kind of skills does it take?
Mystery engines at some stage
Teacher-designed games?
Student-designed games?
Competition?
Students
Teachers
Pilot:
Teachers report on performance of typically reluctant learners...
In Secondary, there was a group of students who didn't engage...
Jane West -- Murder on the Microscope
Teachers in the Room
A lot of the teachers here are aware of this game
Many have actually used
Originally video based
Now Online
Its murder mystery
They have to find the
victom
Murderer
Crime Scene
Games based Resources
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Games based Resources