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How Can I Embrace this Gaming Mentality?

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How Can I Embrace this Gaming Mentality?

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1.    Create fun and engaging titles for your lessons
2.    Be enthusiastic about the learning process
3.    Integrate games or fun activities into lessons
4.    Use fun methods to assure learning
5.    Create or find fun and engaging assignments
6.    Create a handout or webpage that offers fun places your students can go to preview and review topics

https://learningspecialistmaterials.blogspot.com/2018/11/why-are-games-best-teaching-method-for.htm

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Games take time to learn and design properly

Wasted efforts will be the greatest administrative fear

Involve materials that range from the inexpensive to the costly

Design efforts are often funded via grants which have to be managed

Pedagogical and technical supports might be necessary (additional resources)

Issues of access and the digital divide

An examination is needed as to whether students actually prefer this approach to teaching

https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=448614&p=3505475

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7 Things You Should Know About Game Based Learning 

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7 Things You Should Know About Game Based Learning 

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Draw students into a course more actively

Competition can pique motivation

Hone student abilities while achieving interim goals that makes them feel like they are progressing

Reinforce the fact that failure is not a setback nor an outcome but indication that more skill building is needed

Through discrete steps, lead to a major goal, students can see the interrelationship of tactics and strategy.

Learn about procedure and the value of alternative paths

Help students become more confident, independent thinkers who are more prepared to take on large projects and carry them through to completion.

https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=448614&p=3505475

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must align with learning outcomes

should not be competitive in the conventional sense

​Sometimes, in fact, the game might require students to work collaboratively in order to solve problems, while in other contexts, game mechanics might make students compete against one another in order to reach a personal best.

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They can:

function as individual learning activities

a powerful content delivery mechanism over several sessions

last for the duration of the course.

In order to deliver content as a game, faculty members tend to divide the syllabus into levels through which the students must progress, with students getting feedback rather than grades.

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Define objective

Decide what sort of game and storyline ( if appropriate )

Break objective down in to challenges

Design rewards

Build game

Test game

Run game

https://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/games/howtogbl.html

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a) Games Engage People
-Making learning fun motivates students and helps them pay attention and stay focused on the subject.
b) Bridging the Digital Generation Divide
c) Learning from Mistakes
-One reason that games (outside of gambling) are such a great escape from the real world is that bad consequences are rarely serious or lasting.
-Grades can tell students if they have failed to learn something, but for a variety of reasons, students may not make good use of that feedback.

https://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/games/whygames.html

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1. Charades
2. Hangman
3. Scatter-gories
4. Bingo
5. Puzzles
6. Draw swords
7. Hot potato
8. Pictionary
9. Quizalize
10. Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

https://www.quizalize.com/blog/2018/03/02/classroom-games/

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- By using games, students learn without even realizing.
- A learning technique that can be very effective at any age.
- It is also a very useful technique to keep students motivated.
- The teacher should design projects that are appropriate for their students.
- One idea may be to encourage students to create quizzes online on a certain topic.
- Students can challenge their peers to test themselves and see who gets a higher score.
- Students can enjoy the competition with peers while also having fun and learning.

https://www.goconqr.com/en/examtime/blog/teaching-techniques/