Gaming

Introduction
toc Educational Gaming is controversial from the aspect of time, cost, management, design and learning. Throughout this work, you will explore some of the gaming issues, and create a couple of games, so that you have a better idea of where games may fit into learning. Some questions you may ask yourself:
 * What are the kinds **(classification)** of games?
 * How can games foster learning and how can games inhibit learning?
 * As an instructor, what kinds of games do you use for what kinds of purposes?

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Play Games and Review Games out there!
Take at least **1 HOUR** and review different types of games and options out there. Have FUN! You may find more on your own, but please check out 1 or 2 from the list below.
 * TASK 1: **
 * **SEE a bunch on Deliciou**s //(NOT everything will be useful)// - @http://www.delicious.com/rajansock/games?page=1
 * **Bio-Feedback**: @http://www.wilddivine.com/
 * **Making Games or animation**s (Levels of Programing & Authoring) - View them
 * **Phun** (Junior High/High School - NEAT): @http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home
 * **Scratch** (Elementary - High School): @http://scratch.mit.edu/
 * **Squeak**- (Elementary - Middle)
 * Video on it: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MShr7ZHsOfI
 * Download: @http://www.squeak.org/About/
 * **Alice (Elementary - High School)** - @http://www.alice.org/
 * **Stencyl** -@http://www.stencyl.com/

**Make a WYSIWYG Game**
Use the WYSIWYG to create a game. Spend about 1-2 hours, but STOP then. You may use content from this course, or you may use something that works into a lesson for teaching something else. You //do NOT// have to work alone, but can create with another.


 * Rememb er: Save the page that is housing your game. It may be a web address or print out. You will share what you have done in class next week.**
 * **SIMPLE Vocabulary & Math**
 * Play Kids Games: http://www.playkidsgames.com
 * Sample: @http://www.playkidsgames.com/member-homepages.php?d=3962
 * **Fact Games - That YOU make.**
 * Super Teacher Tools: http://www.superteachertools.com/
 * Puzzle Makers - @http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
 * Purpose Games - http://www.purposegames.com/
 * Class Tools -http://www.classtools.net/
 * **Flash Card review (in different forms)** - @http://quizlet.com/


 * STOP **

Read about Gaming
**What are the types of games out there:** media type="custom" key="7418067"
 * Wikipedia: @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_games
 * Educational Games: @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_game
 * Want a review of games: VIDEO GAMING - @http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/25927/
 * Becoming and educational game designer - NYU article
 * 1. What does Seymour Pappert have to say and why do we care?**
 * Overall: Pappert.org or Wikipedia
 * MIT-Media Lab
 * Edutopia
 * **Mindstorms**
 * Pappert Planet

2. Research Gaming

 * Choose the field of your interest.**
 * 1) Go to D2L.
 * 2) Pick 2 articles that pertain to your area of interest.
 * 3) Find another article.
 * 4) Synthesize the articles on document... IF you want to be creative, do so. If not, write in a word doc.

Using a Game to Create 3D Images Gaming Genres: New Game Creation Tool: @http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hey_kids_build_your_own_video_games_with_stencyl.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
 * NY Times Article - X-box®
 * http://www.youtube.com/user/okreylos#p/u/4/7QrnwoO1-8A
 * @http://digitalplay.info/blog/2011/05/10-gaming-genres-to-adapt-in-class/