Thank you! - This the last blog posting until August. I appreciate the comments and email feedback about topics that I post. Feel free to browse through the archives of this blog to explore various learning tools and ideas that I've posted such as this last post for this year about Wordle.
Top 10 Wordle Lessons for the Classroom - http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/58905.aspx and How to Make Word Clouds in the Classroom http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/75426.aspx are two articles to share some ideas to use Wordle in the classroom. Wordle is a great way to have students show what they have learned in a creative way. Check it out and try it out!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
District Wide Information
Filament Games - http://www.filamentgames.com/
I continue to investigate and try out gaming in education. Filament Games has several games for science, civics (http://www.icivics.org/) , reading (for grades K-2) and more. I've tried Germs Make Me Sick! In this game the player decides whether to become a viral infection or a bacterial infection in a host/person. The player decides how to infect the host (airborne or physical). This game has a part that defines vocabulary used in the game. Check out the tutorial before playing the game.
icivics.org has several games too to help students learn about immigration and what it would be like to be the president of the United States. icivics.org has webquests to provide information to help gamers understand more about the topic that the game focuses on.
Filament Games seeks out teachers to pilot games they are testing. The information is found at this link if you are interested. http://www.filamentgames.com/gils/
If you are interested in exploring these games together, I am happy to work with you and your classes.
I continue to investigate and try out gaming in education. Filament Games has several games for science, civics (http://www.icivics.org/) , reading (for grades K-2) and more. I've tried Germs Make Me Sick! In this game the player decides whether to become a viral infection or a bacterial infection in a host/person. The player decides how to infect the host (airborne or physical). This game has a part that defines vocabulary used in the game. Check out the tutorial before playing the game.
icivics.org has several games too to help students learn about immigration and what it would be like to be the president of the United States. icivics.org has webquests to provide information to help gamers understand more about the topic that the game focuses on.
Filament Games seeks out teachers to pilot games they are testing. The information is found at this link if you are interested. http://www.filamentgames.com/gils/
If you are interested in exploring these games together, I am happy to work with you and your classes.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
District Wide Information
National STEM Video Game Challenge - http://www.stemchallenge.org/resources/Default.aspx
The National STEM Video Game Challenge site is an opportunity for middle school students to design and make their own video game. The learning opportunities for students is immense but primarily develops skills such as critical thinking stills, problem solving, and creative design. The timeline shows that this challenge begins in the fall of the school year, but there are some fantastic resources (Gamestar Mechanics, Scratch, Game Maker and Open Platforms) for teachers and students to design games to support learning concepts. I've used Scratch and have been to conference sessions where teachers from elementary through high school have used Scratch games for learning.
NBC Learn - http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn and Lessonopoly - http://www.lessonopoly.org/
NBC Learn and Lessonopoly sites provide some fascinating videos and lesson plans about the civil rights era, chemistry, climate change, the science of winter olympics, and the science of football. Check out these outstanding resources.
The National STEM Video Game Challenge site is an opportunity for middle school students to design and make their own video game. The learning opportunities for students is immense but primarily develops skills such as critical thinking stills, problem solving, and creative design. The timeline shows that this challenge begins in the fall of the school year, but there are some fantastic resources (Gamestar Mechanics, Scratch, Game Maker and Open Platforms) for teachers and students to design games to support learning concepts. I've used Scratch and have been to conference sessions where teachers from elementary through high school have used Scratch games for learning.
NBC Learn - http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn and Lessonopoly - http://www.lessonopoly.org/
NBC Learn and Lessonopoly sites provide some fascinating videos and lesson plans about the civil rights era, chemistry, climate change, the science of winter olympics, and the science of football. Check out these outstanding resources.
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