Pre-Workshop FUN

Now that we have some extra time before the rescheduled workshop on January 11, we would like to encourage you to explore, interact and participate in some of the fun opportunities below in preparation for the workshop day.

By participating in this pre-workshop FUN you will

• Gain an understanding of game play and game design as learning pedagogies

• Explore the technology tools, learning how students can create and play games using this technology

• Begin to plan how to integrate these pedagogies and technologies into your content areas and literacy

• Start to formulate ideas for combining these three knowledge areas into student learning challenges

PEDAGOGY

• Watch or Listen

  • Dr. Ruben Puentedura - iTunes U Podcast - Games and Learning

  • Alan November Interviews with Dr. Mitch Resnick Part 1     Part 2 

• Read

  • Dr. Mitch Resnick

    • Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society\

    • All I Really Need to Know (About Creative Thinking) I Learned (By Studying How Children Learn) in Kindergarten*

    • Lessons Learned from Designing  Children’s Interactive Narratives (Angela Chang et. al)

TECHNOLOGY

Exploration Time - PLAY PLAY PLAY

Scratch -  

Play with  some student-created games and stories 

       Frog vs. Cat    Bee Story      Night at Dreary Castle      Wisdom Quest

Watch some Intro to Scratch videos 

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knFykmLljos

•  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxDw-t3XWd0

Game Star Mechanic -

Login with one of our temporary workshop accounts and begin the tutorials and PLAY.

Usernames are workshop1, worskshop2, etc up to workshop30

Corresponding passwords are play1, play2, etc up to play30

Check out some of the featured games

Begin to build your own - it's easy - and think about how Game Narrative can support Game Play in student learning.

Interactive Fiction

PLAY - Wondering what to do next on that new iPad or iPhone? 

 Download  Frotz a free interactive fiction suite on iTunes and Play

or

 Play interactive fiction right from your web browser -

• Glass, by Emily Short 

• Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin

CREATE - Visit the Inform7 site, Click the Download tab, and try writing your own interactive story. Share your ideas and experiences with us on January 11

LEARNING

This is the heart of our CSI workshop.  Think about how we can apply our own learning, pedagogical knowledge, technology knowledge and content knowledge to create the best learning opportunities for students

Creating Learning Opportunities

LINKS:

Here are the links to the FULL workshop pages and resource page if you want to have EVEN MORE FUN!

Games and Learning and Literacy Workshop Agenda

Games and Learning and Literacy Workshop Page

Read Watch Listen Play Resource Page