This presentation is a companion to my live presentation in Second Life for educators to explore the idea of teaching students to think deeper about history that is represented by popular video games.
PSYPACT- Practicing Over State Lines May 2024.pptx
Power up for history
1. Why History Teachers Need to Pay Attention to Gaming
NOW
Spiff Whitfield
Twitter: @spiffwhitfield
Real Life: http://about.me/andrew.m.wheelock
http://bit.ly/gamesed
2. Engagement
Education based
principles
Badges
Choice
Experience points
The Boy Dilemma
Content
understandings
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8. Keep up to date on video games
Graphite
Wikipedia
Play!
Talk to students about their gaming
Use video games to your advantage
Let students write about gaming
Use gaming as a platform for content
discussions
Use video for writing prompts
Create a culture of engagement and play
Learn more about gaming structure and
incorporate into your lessons
Engage students in content understandings
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9. The function of education is to teach one to think
intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus
character - that is the goal of true education.
Martin Luther King, Jr.