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Vicki Davis

Bartle's Taxonomy of Player Types (And Why It Doesn't Apply to Everything) - Tuts+ Game Development Article - 1 views

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    LIstening to Lauren Ferro talk about Gamer Types and how it relates to designing games for education in the OOC Hangout now. #gamifi-ed - Great article to read about this. They are relating player types to personality types as they design games. The four main types are :killers, achievers, explorers, and socializers. This is fascinating.
Vicki Davis

How To Make Your Own Educational Video Games - Edudemic - 6 views

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    Many options for "making" video games (or simple animations) have emerged. In this short piece, Edudemic shares how one can use GameStar mechanic to make games along with a video. It is well worth a try although, depending on the type of game, Microsoft Kodu or Scratch may also work. There are also some very cool games with the Xbox Kinect SDK app that let you capture a person's body movements much like they do to create characters like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.
Martin Burrett

Typing Tidepool - 2 views

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    If you have ever wanted to see a typing powered swimming cat on the back of a dolphin - now is your chance. Practise typing skills with this quirky game. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Martin Burrett

Letter Bubbles : The Typing Game! - 12 views

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    This is a fabulous, fun typing game where users must pop bubbles by typing the letters. Steady typing scores more points and earn power-ups for typing well. You can make a free account to save your progress or just play. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Vicki Davis

Funschool - Fun Blaster - Super Hyper Spider Typer - 17 views

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    super hyper type spider recommended by @fsinfo on Twitter for typing. "Hungry lizards with words on their backs are after Berry the hairy spider! Save Berry from these colorful, wacky creatures by typing words quickly as they appear on their backs and help her from becoming someone's lunch! Type in the letters or words you see on the lizard's backs as soon as they appear on the screen to clear them away. Some words will be harder than others so type really fast to win! Each round will end when the spider reaches the top of the tree. "
Dean Loberg

Education Week's Digital Directions: Building Gaming Into Science Education - 0 views

  • "I've had teachers tell me,” says Eklund, “that after they introduced the game to their students, the classroom went completely silent because all of the kids were just reading." "You just don't get that kind of engagement and involvement with the story" with a textbook, he says.
    • Brian C. Smith
       
      Is this because of the visual appeal or the storyline? I can see this happening, but does silence mean high levels of engagement?
    • Dean Loberg
       
      Assuming that they are not sleeping I think it does mean engagement, but engagement does not equal education. It depends on the content as well.
  • A report written by researchers about The River City Project for a 2006 conference concluded "that students learned biology content, that students and teachers were highly engaged, that student attendance improved, that disruptive behavior dropped, that students were building 21st-century skills in virtual communication and expression, and importantly, that using this type of technology in the classroom can facilitate good inquiry learning."
    • Brian C. Smith
       
      Is this limited to only the River City Project alone though? How does it promote more inquiry, problem and project-based learning in other content?
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  • "I'm in a unique situation where there's a computer at every lab table," he says, pointing out that many teachers do not have that ratio of students to computers.
  • when the games don't work properly, but most teachers don’t have that level of technical skill, she points out.
  • "There are little things you need to know," she says, to keep the games running smoothly. "[Otherwise], it's not going to work in the classroom, and teachers aren't going to use it."
  • "If [the game] doesn't have a focus or clear reason for what they're doing, it really doesn't work," says Pokrzywinski. Adapting games to the curriculum is possible, she says, but it takes time—something many teachers don't have.
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    Science and gaming
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    Science and gaming
Vicki Davis

Games, quizzes, hangman, math games, same game, roman numeral games - FactMonster.com - 0 views

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    Fact Monster website
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    Found this cool site, Fact Monster, to use with my son for flash cards. I've made flash cards but they like the online video game versions better. I just type in his answers for him and we make a game out of it.
Martin Burrett

Alphabet Shoot - 5 views

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    A great typing game where player must shoot letters to complete the level. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Tess Alfonsin

Slime Kids - 16 views

shared by Tess Alfonsin on 15 Mar 11 - No Cached
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    Spelling games, typing games, vocabulary games and grammar games! Also has links for great kid friendly search engines, book reviews, trailers.
sandra nelson

Keyboarding Games - 30 views

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    Flash games make it easy for teachers teaching keyboarding to prepare their typing lessons for their keyboarding classes. Kids' typing speed and accuracy on the QWERTY keyboard increases quickly thanks to educational games that kids enjoy playing.
Martin Burrett

ABCya! Keyboarding Practice | Typing Game - 8 views

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    A great space invaders typing practise game. Type the key to destroy the alien before it's too late. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Julie Shy

Guest Blog: Angry Birds: A Lesson in Formative Assessment @kathyperret - 8 views

  • Sharing learning intentions – At the beginning of each “launch” the player is shown the formation of the structure and the placement of the little pigs. (I think that’s what they are.) A player can sweep back to this area of the game at any time. This gives the player the clear intentions of what needs to be accomplished in that specific level.
  • Sharing and negotiating success criteria - Once an Angry Bird is launched from the slingshot, the path of the bird is clearly marked for future reference. These marking stay throughout the level. I’ve found them useful in negotiating my success, even though I have not perfected this!
  • Giving feedback to pupils – When playing Angry Birds, I know right away if I did not complete a specific level. (Right now I’m stuck on Level 15.) While the wording “Level Failed” is not exactly appealing to me, it isn’t harmful. Nothing bad happens. I just have the opportunity to try again, and again, and again until the level is complete. I’ve also noticed that the other Angry Birds waiting their turn seem to be cheering on the bird that is being launched.  I’ve just noticed another feature – The Mighty Eagle. He is there to help a player get out of a tricky level
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  • Effective questioning – I know there are many places I could go to ask effective questions in order to improve my Angry Bird skills. I’ve found online communities of like-minded individuals and groups to be extremely helpful when professional questions arise. This sense of belonging provides me a chance to ask my questions in a non-threatening environment. I’m sure there are groups formed to discuss Angry Bird strategies. Right now I have many of Angry Bird questions.
  • Encouraging pupils to assess and evaluate their own and others’ work – Right now, I’m attempting to evaluate my work on Level 15. I’ve been able to successfully get the two pigs on the sides, but the one – in strong middle structure has me stumped. As an adult, I know to assess and evaluate my work on this level. I could also probably find some online tips from other players.
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    I'm embarrassed to admit, but two weeks ago I didn't even know anything about  Angry Birds. It looks like this addicting little game has been around for a while. I know … Where have I been? I guess I've been spending time with a less angry little bird … I'm really not the angry type! I guess I see Twitter as better use of my time and professional collaborative learning than shooting birds out of a slingshot. A casual conversations with my hairdresser a few weeks ago about the game led to a quick demonstration on her phone. Another reference came last Friday while attending a session on Instructional Coaching for principals. Some areas that Instructional Coaches can assist schools with are referred to as the Big Four: Classroom Management, Content, Instruction, and Formative Assessment. While the presenters facilitated dialogue around the topic of formative assessment the analogy was made to video gaming; and specifically Angry Birds. This piqued my curiosity.
Martin Burrett

Nitro Type | Competitive Typing Game - 9 views

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    This is a fast, action packed typing game where you can race your car against other typists in real time online. Use your WPM to increase your MPH! Earn cash to buy upgrades. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Ted Sakshaug

Learn to type with typing game. - 14 views

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    type letters as they drop, nice keyboarding exercise
Bill Campbell

RoboRally - 4 views

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    This might be good for introducing programming without needing to touch a computer. I've students who aren't initially engaged by jumping into programming with a computer even with something like Scratch. Maybe this is a way to get them in the correct mindset first. When I first found this, I hoped there might be program cards that required using loops or variables but from looking at the game rule book that does not appear to be the case.  It appears that movement is the only command types, which can result in automatic laser firing or bumping another robot. Still seems like a good game though.
Vicki Davis

Aunt Lee Dot Com Typing Central - 0 views

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    Website with typing games.
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    Website with over 50 typing games.
Megan Black

Best of free typing games - Typing games : improve typing skills - 27 views

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    An awful lot of ads at the top of these; some of them encouraging them to download stuff. Think I'll pass on this one.
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    I have the Adblock app from Firefox on all my student computers so they did not show up. This helps with a lot of free educational sites. You might want to give it s try. It installs quickly.
Kelly Faulkner

Teacher's Discovery - Classroom Teaching Materials - 18 views

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    great site for teacher resources - i particularly like the game-type novel study activities.  reasonable prices (to me here in nz), and shipping.
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