Game-Based Learning for PD
Learning Targets:
ISTE Teacher Standard 1- Facilitate and Inspire student learning and creativity.
ISTE Teacher Standard 2- Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments.
ISTE Teacher Standard 1- Facilitate and Inspire student learning and creativity.
ISTE Teacher Standard 2- Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments.
What was your favorite game growing up and why? Share
Using the App- Make Dice (full version $2.99), create Dice that represent each of the apps or website you want to uncover at your table. Make additional Dice to coincide with other topics of interest- subjects, standards, units, etc. Other dice can be made to keep score at the table. How should you keep score? People at the table can assign points according to helpfulness of ideas, relevance, or just based on a number die. This is a fun way to have a collaboration and allow all learners to be engaged at the same time. I recently did this with paper dice that included Mac apps with SHS teachers. Here is the Padlet we used to organize the ideas.
Instagram QR GamePress Popplet Flickr Notability
Apps I used...
Instagram -- How do I get started?
What is it?- Online photo sharing service for mobile devices that uses filters, tagging, and hashtags.
Lots of innovative ways to use this photo sharing app in the classroom:
QR codes -- How do I get started?
What is it? Stands for Quick Response; it is a bar code of sorts that must be "read" by a device and will lead the user to another source (picture, website, video, etc.) You will need a code maker site QR.Kaywa and code reader like iNigma or use a laptop webcam with Web QR
Clever Middle School uses of QR Codes ; Librarian QR code collection shared in Flickr
GamePress -- How do I get started?
What is it? Video game creation app that is based on coding but builds in a Minecraft fashion. Here is the website- http://www.gamepressapp.com/
This is not the only video game creation app or website out there. I also like Pixel Press Floors app, Gamestar Mechanic- online, Growtopia- online. Want more ideas for game designing? Go here.
Popplet-- How do I get started?
What is it? A great brainstorming tool to create graphic organizers, timelines, and many other forms of visual organization
Bonus: Use it for PD or Department Collaborations. Here is one our district made as we developed our Data Governance Policy.
Flickr-- How do I get started?
What is it? A photo sharing site that also allows tagging and networking. What sets this apart are the features associated with Flickr.
Notability-- How do I get started?
What is it? A flexible note-taking tool that appeals to many learning styles. It allows for multiple modes of entering data: stylus, pictures, pdf annotation, and more.
Instagram QR GamePress Popplet Flickr Notability
Apps I used...
Instagram -- How do I get started?
What is it?- Online photo sharing service for mobile devices that uses filters, tagging, and hashtags.
Lots of innovative ways to use this photo sharing app in the classroom:
- Shared hashtags for class project #100smshappydays
- Take pictures of science lab or discoveries and tag famous physics professors or doctors.
- Photos of a math problem or riddle asking for feedback or clever answers.
- Take pictures of book covers or post famous quotes from stories for feedback or to document progress in reading.
- If a character in a novel or person in history had an Instagram account... #Ihaveadream
- More cool ideas here
QR codes -- How do I get started?
What is it? Stands for Quick Response; it is a bar code of sorts that must be "read" by a device and will lead the user to another source (picture, website, video, etc.) You will need a code maker site QR.Kaywa and code reader like iNigma or use a laptop webcam with Web QR
Clever Middle School uses of QR Codes ; Librarian QR code collection shared in Flickr
- Create podcasts or videos that promote a novel that QR codes link to
- Make a scavenger hunt (Geocache style) where QR codes are hidden in plastic eggs or containers. Students locate them, document something there, and scan the code for the next clue or to reveal an answer.
- Sight words- you try then scan code for audible check
- Find videos or sites that support a topic or your notes and pass out codes for students to put with notes.
- QR Code Periodic Table-- WHAT????? AWESOME
GamePress -- How do I get started?
What is it? Video game creation app that is based on coding but builds in a Minecraft fashion. Here is the website- http://www.gamepressapp.com/
This is not the only video game creation app or website out there. I also like Pixel Press Floors app, Gamestar Mechanic- online, Growtopia- online. Want more ideas for game designing? Go here.
- Use this lesson on Get the Math to explore math in video games- extend lesson with creating your own game.
- Teach Digital Literacy using this lesson plan regarding video games and create a game after doing research on this lesson.
- Use a building environment like GamePress or Minecraft to have class develop their own Magna Carta or Compact for community behaviors. Rebuild structures in history or reflect settings in a novel. See these ideas.
- Not ready for high tech game creation, try Playsheet type games here.
- Many games are out there that represent real scenarios and promote change. One example is Nightmare: Malaria. See other Games for Change or Games for Health here.
Popplet-- How do I get started?
What is it? A great brainstorming tool to create graphic organizers, timelines, and many other forms of visual organization
- Little ones can use this in language arts to chunk words, create beginning/middle/end boards, or to add prefixes/suffixes.
- Any age in the science class can use this to classify items. Here is an amazing resource highlighting how Minecraft is being used with Autistic students. The authors highlight Popplet as one of their organization apps.
- Math class can use this for sorting, matching, and even for explanations of a concept- see this one on fractions
- History classes can create timelines complete with images. Here is a good example of the Wall Street Crash
- My favorite--- organize your topic for writing an essay. Great lesson showing how Popplet was used to organize writing.
Bonus: Use it for PD or Department Collaborations. Here is one our district made as we developed our Data Governance Policy.
Flickr-- How do I get started?
What is it? A photo sharing site that also allows tagging and networking. What sets this apart are the features associated with Flickr.
- Use Flickr Toys to create motivational posters or movie posters about characters in the Language Arts classroom or historical figures in social studies or even famous inventors/scientists in science class.
- Teach digital citizenship skills in any subject by showing students the different licenses for creative work on the web. Show students how to use attributions in photos being used for projects or presentations. Use Flickr's Creative Commons site.
- in Math, Engineering, and/or art classes- Do a lesson on "Forced Perspective". Ask students to take and share photos to your Flickr site.
- Photo scavenger hunt where students send the pictures via your personal flickr email account that can have a designated tag.
Notability-- How do I get started?
What is it? A flexible note-taking tool that appeals to many learning styles. It allows for multiple modes of entering data: stylus, pictures, pdf annotation, and more.
- Use Notability when doing learning walks to take pictures and record discussions. Add notes and draw annotations.
- Create digital signature sheets or writing workshop forms that both parties sign. This learning contract can be updated throughout the year. Add pictures of the student's progress and/or badges. All can be printed out as PDF or shared in multiple programs.
- Science lab dissection notes- take a picture then annotate and label the critter. Social studies- annotate a map and add labels.
- Look at this "app flow" to see a great way to use Notability to give or receive audio feedback with students.