How "GAME" Are You?

How "GAME" Are You?

A Rookie's Look at Gaming!

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"...don't use force in training the children in the subjects, but rather games." Plato, The Republic (421 BC)

As a classroom teacher, I often used games as the tool to teach the concepts I thought were important. They were fun, the kids stayed on-task and tests showed that the students actually learned the content. I retired from teaching and became an Educational Content Producer at PBS 45 & 49. After reading research about the value of video games, I thought I'd try my hand at creating one, an episode I call Ria's Folly. I worked with Cathy Adler, a really creative teacher at Brown Middle School in Ravenna. This Web page, and the soon to be created game, Antarctica: The Game are the results.

How Is the Digital Generation Different?

Video Game Quiz--Answers

Categories of Digital Games

Create Your Own Online Games

What Research Says

Ria's Folly
Possible Sample Page

Lessons I Learned

Bibliography

How "Game" Are You? PowerPoint

Contact Information: Maria Mastromatteo--PBS 45 & 49 maria@wneo.org
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