The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game by Lee Sheldon A Book Study by Daniel Henry

 Associate Professor and Co-Director of Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences Program at Rensselaer University  Video Game Designer  Television Writer and Producer  Game Consultant

 aPyw aPyw  Discuss: What does this imply about learning and education?

 Overviews ◦ Marked Tree High School  Levels, Questing ◦ University of Arizona South  Teams ◦ Louisiana State University ◦ Valencia Community College ◦ Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School ◦ Texas Tech University ◦ Ohio Valley College of Technology  Avatars, Choice, ◦ Waunakee Community High School  Achievements, Testing

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  the file to me with your custom hero name.  Consider some Super Powers Share your Thoughts! Envision a Background story for your character Join with others to form Hero Leagues: name the league and prepare for your first challenge! Prepare for your first challenge

 Avatars, experience points, leveling, grades, quests, abilities,

 Kahooit Sample Challenge  Leveling Up!

  ◦ Check out the Facebook page for recent developments

 Game Like Classroom Modifications ◦ Leader Boards ◦ Achievements ◦ Guild/League Formations ◦ Cooperative Assessments/Assignments  Incorporate: ◦ Fictional Narrative Writing Assignments Based on Avatars ◦ Simulation Exploration and Challenges

 Always something specific and important to be done  Tons of collaborators. Everywhere. All the time.  An epic, inspiring story of why we are there (context)  Massive amounts of positive feedback, social, in game, extrinsic and intrinsic  Video Start 8:55 to 11:03 ◦ _make_a_better_world?language=en#t _make_a_better_world?language=en#t

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 How teachers might begin the first steps of implementation?