1. Online gaming at the GTLI: 3 encouraging initiatives
Overview
League of Legends Course
Teacher Training Online Course
Web Browser Games
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2. Motivation for using games
New Educational Medium
A Bridge to the Target Culture
Entertainment
Meaningful: “situated-learning” (Gee, 2004)
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3. The League of Legends game
ARENA MAP
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena or MOBA (sports-like experience)
Content includes audio, video, images, and text
Allows for synchronous text and voice communication (skype)
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4. League of Legends Course
Setting: Special Purposes Track
Curriculum: Task-based
Skills: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking
Assessment: Instructor and Peer
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5. Online Teacher-Training Course
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6. Online gaming course – Module 1
Objectives
Assignments
Recall personal experiences using video games for various purposes
Identify and describe game environments as they apply to language teaching and learning
Justify using game environments using evidence from related literature
Prompt: Select a quote from one of the following articles and explain how this quote supports the use of one of the 4 game environments presented in this course.
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7. Online gaming course – Module 2
Objectives
Assignments
Create activities utilizing sections of the gameplay as materials for language teaching
Evaluate the effectiveness of activities based on the gameplay of Trace Effects and Samorost
List at least three language constructs being explicitly taught in the first chapter of Trace Effects
How effective do you think playing Trace Effects would be to teach these topics to your students? Explain.
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8. Online gaming course – Module 3
Objectives
Assignments
Understand and analyze different sections of online games
Evaluate uses of online games in the classroom
Play the LOL tutorials in a language other than English, or in your second language. Share your experience as a player and learner about how easy or difficult it was to understand the instructions of the game.
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9. Online gaming course – Module 4
Objectives
Assignments
Understand and analyze different sections of online games
Evaluate uses of online games in the classroom
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10. Online gaming course – Module 5
Objectives
Assignments
Discuss online gaming and how it can support the teaching and learning of a second language
Evaluate uses of online games in the classroom
In this activity, you will have an opportunity to talk about your experiences using games for language learning.  This will be in the form of a 2-page essay which includes any considerations you might want to make about your experience with the course
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11. Web Browser Games Adaptability to Curriculum Easy to master
Appealing gaming experience
Fewer sensitive topics
Fewer tech requirements
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12. Web Browser Games
Game: Samorost -
 1 – Take a screenshot
2 – Ask students to give names to the objects they see
3 – Provide a box with descriptors like adjective phrases and clauses
4 – Write a descriptive paragraph
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13. Web Browser Games
GAME:  Wake up the box up-the-box.html
1 – Brainstorm prepositions of place
2 – Write down what prepositions were use for each stage
3 – Compare their answers with their peers
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14. Questions?
Rodrigo Carvalho – Lecturer at the Georgia Tech Language Institute
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