1. Academic Games

2. Engaging Students On some good days we may have 70% of our students engaged in learning. Good teachers make sure that it is a different 70% that is engaged throughout our time with the students and all students are engaged at some point in time.

3. So why is it necessary to change up instruction? As your brain gets numb-er Your brain gets dumber

4. Changing STATES Change up instruction 5-10 min. for pre-adolescents, and Every 10-20 minutes for adolescents into adults.

5. Thinking About It Why would you want to change states when you finally have students quiet, sitting in their seats, and looking like they are listening to you? Because the brain needs a chance to refocus and start again. When you stand up blood flow to the brain increases.

6. The Importance of Processing Time The brain needs time to create connections and pathways to create long term memories. The hippocampus can only hold so much Example of glass of water. Too much, to fast, it won’t Last. 10-2 or 5-1 rule

7. Lecture Reading Audio-visual Demonstration Discussion Groups Practice by doing Teach others/immediate use of learning Average Retention Rate after 24 hours 5% 10% 20% 30% 50% 75% 90% Adapted from David Sousa’s figure 3.9 in his text, How the Brain Learns p 95 Boosting Retention

8. Art and Science of Teaching Question #5: What will I do to engage students? The teacher uses academic games and inconsequential competition to maintain student engagement.

9. Games and Inconsequential (Just for Fun) Competition Games should always have an academic focus. Regroup students so that all students experience winning and losing. Points are tallied but not used to increase or decrease scores or grades.

10. Research on The Use of Games to Improve Student Learning Marzano Research Lab reports the results of three meta- analyses. Student growth in classrooms that used games ranged from a 13 percentile gain to an 18 percentile gain. This is significant.

11. Two General Categories Vocabulary games –Vocabulary Games for the Classroom, Carleton & Marzano, 2010 Turning questions into games –Asking questions elicits students’ attention

12. Vocabulary Games: Which One Doesn’t Belong? Middle School Examples Martin looks like a fox. bear, bare The house felt like a cave. torn, ripped The car was a pigpen. steal, steel The taffy was as smooth rain, reign as butter.

13. Vocabulary Games: Which One Doesn’t Belong? Middle School Math Example iiiisquarecentimeter IVparallelograminch Ixrhombusmeter VIIIoctagongram

14. TABOO This favorite game is a great tool for students to practice vocabulary and summarize. The object is to get someone to say the word using clues that don’t use the “taboo” words. 14 president Obama White House Republican Washington Lincoln

15. TABOO Star Wars Luke Skywalker Darth Vader Yoda Movie Princess Leia

16. TABOO Bo Pelini Nebraska Coach Football Memorial Stadium Cornhuskers

18. Create Your Own Write a taboo term or concept on a notecard List up to 5 taboo words

19. Who am I? On note cards, teacher writes names of people studied in class, vocabulary words, places or things from content. Student puts on top hat (or baseball cap) or sticky note, and chooses a card without looking at it. The other student tapes the card to the hat, or put the sticky note on his/her back. The student determines the name on the card by asking yes or no questions.

20. Who am I? Let’s play. In your group, pick one person to turn away from the screen. The name appears on screen. The “It” person asks yes or no questions until he or she answers correctly.

21. Who Am I? Tom Hanks

22. Who Am I? Bill Gates

23. Social Studies Examples: Who am I? Elementary Daniel Boone Amelia Earhart Abraham Lincoln

24. Albert Einstein Dwight Eisenhower Sigmund Freud Social Studies Examples: Who am I? Middle School

25. Social Studies Examples: Who am I? High School Joan of Arc Ulysses S. Grant Aristotle

26. Other Examples?

27. What Am I? Science Insect Mammal Gravity Force Compound Element – (specific) English Parts of speech Poetry Essays Genres Literary Techniques Titles

28. What Am I? Math Order of operation Scientific notation Pythagorean Theorem Variable Slope Intercept Social Studies The Constitution Republic Democracy Free trade States Rights Electoral College

29. What is the question? Jeopardy: The answer must be in the form of a question. Language Arts examples –The form of word after all of its prefixes and suffixes have been removed What are ___________________? –The part of a word that comes before its base What is a ____________________?

30. High school examples The person who is telling the story in a book or movie. –What is a _________________? Ideas or rumors spread to help or hurt a specific person or cause –What is __________________? A law that prevents the reproduction or use of an author’s original work without permission –What is __________________?

31. Don’t forget to use physical movement. (the oxygen effect)Stand up and stretch (the oxygen effect) (acting out important content) e.g. have four students do a visual representation of a cellBody representations (acting out important content) e.g. have four students do a visual representation of a cell (standing, students compare notes and identify additions)Give one, get one (standing, students compare notes and identify additions) (Correct? Partially correct? Incorrect?)Vote with your feet (Correct? Partially correct? Incorrect?)

32. Talk a Mile a Minute

33. Things Associated with the American Civil War Robert E. Lee Ulysses S. Grant Gettysburg Slavery Antietam Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln

34. Things Associated with Outer Space Sun Orbits Mars Venus Saturn Galaxy Meteors

35. Shapes Square Circle Rectangle Triangle Right Triangle Oval Diamond

36. Artists Vincent Van Gogh Michelangelo Picasso Leonardo da Vinci Monet Rembrandt Andy Warhol

37. Units of Measure Inches Meters Gallons Hours Quarts Square Yards Liters

38. Parts of Speech Noun Verb Adjective Preposition Conjunction Adverb Pronoun

39. Name that Category

40. Things that happened in the 1970’s Types of government Things Albert Einstein would say LiquidsTitles of plays Battles 200 POINTS 100 POINTS 50 POINTS

41. Things you find on the moon Types of music Things a shark would say Nursery Rhymes PlanetsPresidents 200 POINTS 100 POINTS 50 POINTS

42. Things you find in China Kinds of fish Things a tree would say Soda Pop Flavors Cities Vegetables 200 POINTS 100 POINTS 50 POINTS

43. Summary How can academic games help students learn? What games do you want to try? Talk a Mile a Minute, Name that Category and a Jeopardy power point are posted on the ESU 6 Craft Knowledge wiki at http://esu6craftknowledge.wikispaces.co m/