Pixel Gun. Now the game is Pixel Gun.
What is this game my children are so addicted to? According to Jan McGonigal, games create:
The most important lesson for me comes from my sons' urgent optimism to play the game often. This has been mostly an annoyance to me, but after this week's learning, I may change my tune a bit. Can I create and use this in my classroom? I think I can. I think it could be good. One of my students who struggles in school is well known in the World of Warcraft. His Youtube channel explaining tips and tricks in this game has many followers. In class, he is only physically there. If I could hook him through gaming, could I have an effect on him and his future? I may. Since I teach world cultures with a focus on the years 500-1750 ce, I teach about many different countries, empires, and states around the world. I am intrigued after playing a game called Nation States from Games for Change. This game, if used well, could help my students recognize how government choices, or lack thereof, affect their made up country. If I introduce this at the beginning of the year, I could use it weekly to learn about nation states as we progress. We could even create nation states that resemble our historical nations and see how the computer simulation parallels what happened in history. This could make history more meaningful. I could, even, latch on to Jane McGonigal's four effects of gaming! I will investigate this further over summer and blog about it in the future. T
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July 2017
CategoriesThis is me working on my classwork... usually at night after the heater is off.... sitting long times makes me cold!
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