https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn Survey of middle school students on their use of video gaming en-us 2016-10-23 05:31:44 UTC 2023-04-20 12:25:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132522106 To understand more about students' experiences with video gaming, I asked two middle students five questions about their gaming experiences. ]]> 2016-10-23 05:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132522106 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132538432 Alexandra is an 11 year old female student who is in the 6th grade. She lives in Germany and is home schooled by her mother.  Her favorite video game is Minecraft. ]]> 2016-10-23 13:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132538432 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132538506 Bryan is a 12 year male student who is in the 7th grade. He lives in Germany and attends a DoDEA middle school. He enjoys role playing and first person shooter games. ]]> 2016-10-23 13:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132538506 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132538649 What skills do you need to have to be a good video game player?]]> 2016-10-23 13:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132538649 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132538860 Good instinct on where to go. I play Minecraft and that's important. Like if you are stuck because rocks have fallen on you, you need to be wiser and go to the hills instead of going to the swamp. This way you can build stuff to help yourself. ]]> 2016-10-23 13:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132538860 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539092 If I am ask, I play like on the IPad. Sometime on Minecraft if you are in survive mode, then you can divide up tasks. Someone can go get food. Then the other can go get wood. ]]> 2016-10-23 13:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539092 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539208 Do you talk (communicate) to others while gaming? ]]> 2016-10-23 13:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539208 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539249 What do you do if a level is hard for you to beat?]]> 2016-10-23 13:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539249 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539281 I usually take a break and start again tomorrow. If you play too long, your head starts to hurt. But if that doesn't work, you keep trying. That is the fun of games. You keep trying.]]> 2016-10-23 13:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539281 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539368 What interest you the most about video games (favorite part)?]]> 2016-10-23 13:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539368 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539584

]]> 2016-10-23 13:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539584 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539892 I like being able to do whatever. I have no limits. ]]> 2016-10-23 13:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539892 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539986 What haven't I asked you about gaming you would like to share?]]> 2016-10-23 13:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132539986 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540014 Games can get boring. Then you don't play them for awhile. I just play them for too long and then take a break from them for awhile. ]]> 2016-10-23 13:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540014 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540147 You don't need skills. You just have to have fun.]]> 2016-10-23 13:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540147 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540222 Yes. I make a chat party. We go to support different missions and help each other. You help them get stuff. You talk with other friends to figure out what you need. ]]> 2016-10-23 13:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540222 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540636 Keep trying. If that doesn't work, you get more stuff to make your character better. Then go back and do the mission again.]]> 2016-10-23 13:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540636 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540710 Being able to connect to other people is fun. Being able to talk to people back and forth. Meeting people from around the world is fun.]]> 2016-10-23 13:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540710 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540797 Skills like teamwork are important if you are playing with other people. Someone needs to gather something to meet the objective. Then the other one protects them. If if doesn't work, you keep trying or trade places. ]]> 2016-10-23 13:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132540797 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132541867 As a special education teacher, one of most important goals for students with special needs is to develop problem solving skills and strategies to assist the students when a problem arrives. The problem solving skills theses students described using when gaming are valuable skills. Both students described the skill of preservense when gaming. Alexandra described the strategy of taking a break and attacking the problem later while Bryan described developing more tools to assist him.  Both students described needed literacy skills in learning different ways to attack a problem and learning how to work with others to accomplish a task. Neither student described reading skills to assist in gaming. From my interviews, I am unsure if the two students see the skills they are learning to be valuable. As described in the research this week that with guidance from a teacher, the students could learn additional methods to apply these skills in other aspects of their academics. ]]> 2016-10-23 14:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132541867 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132563763 2016-10-23 20:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132563763 annbcaldwell https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132565642 2016-10-23 20:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/annbcaldwell/8n90qlejjpfn/wish/132565642