SEMR 1099 Dr. Maha Bali May 5, 2014

Which chocolate did you pick?

This Module: Educational Games In this module we will be designing educational games Today: we will spend the whole class time playing a game

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Form Teams Based on chocolate type you picked You will answer questions about games as a group When it is your group’s turn, you choose which type of question you want to answer If you give an incorrect answer, any other group can answer (first response wins; if a group member answers incorrectly, group cannot answer that question again)

Collect Points Collect points if your team answers a question correctly We have two guest professors – you can call on one of them “once” to help you answer a question

Final Game (3 parts) In 2 minutes: List as many “TV show” games as you can think of List as many “language learning games” as you can thinking of List as many “hand-eye coordination games” as you can think of

Assignment Due Sunday, May 11: Read “Good Video Games, Good Learning” me.html me.html Write a short blog post about your favorite game, showing whether it has some of the characteristics of a good game in the reading above

Image References (flickr.com CC) Connect 4 game: Chocolate box (not used): Jonathan Reyes: Dice and soldiers: Dharma for One by Janet and Phil: Memory Game: Social media art: mkhmarketing