Week 2 Mobile Apps and Horizon K-12 - 1 views

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  #1 Magister P Piantaggini on 30 Mar 13

   

  The prompts for this week's discussions have been hard for me to contribute to on account of A) not playing mobile games myself, and B) not having a great deal of smartphones in my cooperating teacher's classroom.
  
  I WILL say that I found the following games quite interested in terms of design and how I felt about playing them:
  
  Shadow Era:
  Modeled on the Magic the Gathering card game, I found myself able to play most games in about 15-20 min, which didn't take a great deal of time. What I noticed was that I kept playing the game to see what would happen next, just like http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_chatfield_7_ways_games_reward_the_brain.html #5 "Element of Uncertainty."
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/94373586@N04/8604792478/in/photostream
  
  Roads of Rome II:
  Got this gem free from the AppsGonefree app. At least as far as I've progressed, there isn't a great deal of historic accuracy in terms of the story, but was an entertaining game nonetheless. I soon noticed that same "hook" of rewarding the brain, #5 "Element of Uncertainty."
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/94373586@N04/8603690089/in/photostream
  
  All this has prompted me to re-think the platform of gaming in my classroom. Like all technology I use (e.g. Google Form exit slips), I also have a physical version for the students without a device. I'd like to create gaming mechanics able to exist in the physical world before using technology as enhancements.
  
  Also, I was surprised that attention wasn't called to the http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012-horizon-report-K12.pdf]2012" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012-horizon-report-K12.pdf in which Augmented Reality got some great coverage (4-5 years away).
  
  Here's a good link from that:
  
  http://nikpeachey.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/getting-learning-out-of-classroom-with.html

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The prompts for this week's discussions have been hard for me to contribute to on account of A) not playing mobile games myself, and B) not having a great deal of smartphones in my cooperating teacher's classroom. <br /> <br /> I WILL say that I found the following games quite interested in terms of design and how I felt about playing them: <br /> <br /> Shadow Era: <br /> Modeled on the Magic the Gathering card game, I found myself able to play most games in about 15-20 min, which didn't take a great deal of time. What I noticed was that I kept playing the game to see what would happen next, just like <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_chatfield_7_ways_games_reward_the_brain.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_chatfield_7_ways_games_reward_the_brain.html</a> #5 "Element of Uncertainty." <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/94373586@N04/8604792478/in/photostream" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/94373586@N04/8604792478/in/photostream</a> <br /> <br /> Roads of Rome II: <br /> Got this gem free from the AppsGonefree app. At least as far as I've progressed, there isn't a great deal of historic accuracy in terms of the story, but was an entertaining game nonetheless. I soon noticed that same "hook" of rewarding the brain, #5 "Element of Uncertainty." <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/94373586@N04/8603690089/in/photostream" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/94373586@N04/8603690089/in/photostream</a> <br /> <br /> All this has prompted me to re-think the platform of gaming in my classroom. Like all technology I use (e.g. Google Form exit slips), I also have a physical version for the students without a device. I'd like to create gaming mechanics able to exist in the physical world before using technology as enhancements. <br /> <br /> Also, I was surprised that attention wasn't called to the <a href="http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012-horizon-report-K12.pdf]2012" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012-horizon-report-K12.pdf]2012</a>" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012-horizon-report-K12.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012-horizon-report-K12.pdf</a> in which Augmented Reality got some great coverage (4-5 years away). <br /> <br /> Here's a good link from that: <br /> <br /> <a href="http://nikpeachey.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/getting-learning-out-of-classroom-with.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nikpeachey.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/getting-learning-out-of-classroom-with.html</a></div>

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