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Gaming Resources

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Gaming in the Classroom

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Games in the K-12 Classroom

 

For activities in the game-based learning course, plus more links and resources, go to Texas Games Network at http://texasgames.net   Create an account and go to Sue Summerford's GBL or feel free to explore Amanda's other open forums and courses. (email: sue.summerford@lisd.us  Enrollment Key: SUMGBL06)   Special thanks to Amanda Hefner for her dedication to supporting teachers and students interested in gaming in the K-12 classroom with this wonderful Moodle site full of online resources!  

 

LINK TO MACUL 2008 HANDOUTS:  http://lisd.us/edtech/web/MACUL2008/macul_2008_presentation_handouts.htm

 

 

GETTING STARTED 

 

Go to Mindtools - see Game Unit - http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/default.htm

Start with this Introduction to GameMaker: http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/gamemaker/intro.htm  - read the article and test your knowledge!

Designing Your Own Game 

 

 


 

 

Four Game Creation Applications To Try in the Classroom

***GameMaker 7.0 - free download to get started - tutorials here for other game projects

      Price for full-version: 10-seat license US $100/ 30-seat license $US 230

***The Games Factory 2 (Clickteam)

      $59 one CD/license - educational discount available if you contact them; also purchase Multimedia Fusion 2 for enhanced capabilities

***Stagecast Creator 2 - try the evaluation version & tutorial first

      Education Pricing: $99.95 - Two-License Package; $269.96 Six-User Lab Pack; $775 25-user package

***Klik & Play Home for Schools

 

 

Stagecast Creator Resources for Kids: http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/mac/stagecast.html

 

For More Advanced Game Creators:

Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express (.NET for Windows & Xbox 360 console)

see the texasgames.net site for more links to advanced gaming resources

 

Gaming Links

Games Students Play by Carl Vogel (District Administration, May 2007, pp. 43-46) 

Schoolgamemaker - extensive list of lesson plans, game programming resources and gaming examples

http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/

The History of Video Games  http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/

Warlick's CoLearners Wiki - Video Games as Learning Engines - see slideshare, links - see Orange County video!

http://davidwarlick.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.VideoGamesAsLearningEngines

You Don't Have To Be A Gamer - David Warlick

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/12/11/you-dont-have-to-be-a-gamer/

Designing Your Games on Paper First - Make-Video-Games.com 

Gaming in Education - Muzzy Lane Software - http://www.muzzylane.com  

Game Institute - http://www.gameinstitute.com

Blizzard Entertainment Inc. - http://www.blizzard.com

Multicultural Education Through Miniatures - USF - http://www.coedu.usf.edu/Culture/activity.htm

Another gaming site: http://208.183.128.3/tutorials/PPT-games/

K-2 Online Games & Activities

 

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech163.shtml

 

 

K-2 "NOT" Games 

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech/tech195.shtml

PlayingtoLearn.org - see additional gaming links at http://playingtolearn.org/links.html

Game Unit (Australia) http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/games/for_teachers.htm  "Switched On - game unit"

Sonic Hedgehog Education Pack from Australian Centre for the Moving Image

http://www.acmi.net.au/global/docs/sonic_education_pack.pdf

 

AlUptonPowerPoint-ScreenIt

http://cmslive.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/Workshop_9_ScreenIt_HowGameMaker_AlUpton.pdf

Leeroy Jenkins Videos Homepage - World of Warcraft

http://www.leeroyjenkins.net/leeroy-jenkins-videos.htm

AlUpton Blog  - Learning

http://alupton.wordpress.com/learning/

Al Upton Blog - Game Maker Links

http://alupton.wordpress.com/learning/game-maker/

 

 

 

Online Games

 

BEEweb - www.beeweb.org - Brandeis University researchers have develped a breakthrough educational technology called BEEweb.  Each website hosts a basic-skills Multi-player game which employes a new incentive called the "Teacher's Dilemma."  As kids play the video game, they become focused and passionate about the task and are motivated to assess and challenge their online partner appropriately.  The entire network of learners becomes a Peer-to-Peer scaleable network providing one human teacher per child, for the same price as a Skype phone call.  Learn more about Spell bee, Money bee, PatternBee and Geograbee at www.beeweb.org  Sign up as a teachers and enroll your students to play online.

Brandeis University - Good News . . . BEEweb article 

 

K-3 Favorite Games

http://techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604471

 

 

 

 

Programming Resources

 

Squeak is a free, open-source, object-oriented, multimedia, play-oriented authoring environment that runs on many platforms and can be used to construct active learning environments for all ages. Programs can be written in the Squeak environment by novices using graphical programming tiles or by experts using Smalltalk. Developers around the world are continually adding functionality to the open source Squeak image. Everything in the Squeak world is an object. Each object has properties and can send messages to other objects. The objects are like actors on a stage. Each object can be imbued with actions that create interactive experiences for learners and authoring is always on. Squeak is the basis for many new collaborative programming environments and exciting developments. It is free for you to use and you are limited only by your imagination. 

Squeak can be downloaded at http://www.squeakland.org

 

Scratch is written in Squeak for middle school students. Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art.

Scratch can be downloaded at http://scratch.mit.edu/

Tammy & Jay's Scratch Workshop Video - .wmv

http://scratch.mit.edu/files/videos/scratch-workshop-sm.wmv

 

Scratc Tutorials from Christopher Michaud, Nebo Elem. School

http://www.nebomusic.net/scratch.html

 

Alice - The focus of the Alice project is now to provide the best possible first exposure to programming for students ranging from middle schoolers to college students.   Alice v2.0 is the next major version of the Alice 3D Authoring system, from the Stage3 Research Group at Carnegie Mellon University. It has been completely rewritten from scratch over the past few years.  Version 3 is in development teaming up Alice with characters from The Sims 2.  Watch this exciting version to hit the web!

Alice (free, easy, interactive 3D graphics for the web) can be downloaded at http://www.alice.org

View Alice demo video (Flash) at http://www.alice.org/Alice_movies/ to see the basics of what you can do with Alice.

 

Recommendation from Ann Dunn, Tecumseh Middle School:

Another program that I use with students is call Pivot Stick Animation.  It is another free game that can be downloaded and when the students have 5 minutes at the end of class, they love to create simple animations.  Students even make their own backgrounds in Paint and import them to the program.  There is a web site called droidz.org where students can get additional characters.  Lots of students have downloaded this game to their home computer.  I much prefer to see students creating rather than reacting to a video game.

 

 

Documents with Excel Activities

Excel - Creating Self-Correcting Worksheets Techtorial - Math early el - can be used for all - print out plus online techtorial

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial104.shtml

Excel Self-Correcting Worksheet (If/Then)  

Creating a Self-Correcting Worksheet with Clear Button 

Directions for Creating a Clear Button 

 

 

 

Spreadsheet, Database, More Excel Links (How-To's/Gaming)

http://www.edtechoutreach.umd.edu/HowTo/excel.html#gaming

 

Kathy Adkins - To Excel in the Classroom is Elementary

http://www.forsythcountyschools.org/kadkins/spreadsheet.htm

101 Fun & Relevant Ways to Use Spreadsheets in the Classroom - Dr. Alice Christie

http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/CTC/spreadsheets.html

Excel Games (includes Bejeweled, Battleship and more - VBA programs in Excel)

http://www.excelgames.org/bejeweled.asp

Create a Crossword Puzzle in Microsoft Excel

http://www.microsoft.com/education/Crossword.mspx

Fun with Excel

http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/fun-with-excel.html

Excel - Creating Self-Correcting Worksheets - Techtorial - Math early el - can be used for all - print out plus techtorial

 

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial104.shtml

 

EXCEL-Lent Activities Across the Grades - many content areas

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial010.pdf

Excel Drag & Drop Language Arts Activities (follow link at bottom of site)

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/excel_language_arts.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Games/PowerPoint Templates

 

Jeff Ertzberger's Game Templates & Utilities - see PowerPoint digital timer - the coolest!

See PowerPoint games, review & rubrics at Kenton page:

Maximizing PowerPoint 

http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/max/Maxpowerpt.htm

How To: PowerPoint eBooks

Parade of Games - PowerPoint Templates

Talking Story Books - Priory Woods School

Game Board Templates - Creating Game Cards in MS Word

Game Resources - Jeopardy Templates

Homemade PowerPoint Games/Templates - wwild

The Interactive Classroom - Interactivity and Gaming

 

Book Resources

(available from Amazon)

The Game Maker's Apprentice - Game Development for Beginners - by Jacob Habgood and Mark OVermars  $39.99 (apress.com)

Basic Game Design and Creation for Fun & Learning (GameMaker) - by Nanu Swamy and Naveena Swamy  $39.95  (Charles River Media)

Make Amazing Games in Minutes (The Games Factory 2) - Jason Darby $39.95 (Charles River Media)

 

from Clickteam with purchase: An Introduction to Multimedia Fusion 2 - Lessons to Create 2D Games - by Karen Hult and Terry Byfield - comes with The Games Factory 2  (Published by Clickteam)

 

Educational Game Resources (listed by Carl Vogel, May 2007 District Administration - "Games Students Play:)

Civilizationwww.civ3.com

 

Epistemic Gameswww.epistemicgames.org

 

Food Forcewww.food-force.com

 

Making Historywww.muzzylane.com

 

MIT's Education Arcadewww.educationarcade.org

 

Orange County Department ofwww.vc.ocde.us/archive

Education Webcast

 

Rollercoaster Tycoonrollercoastertycoonwww.siia.net/education

 

The Simswww.thesims.ea.com

 

WILL Interactivewww.willinteractive.com

 

Zoo Tycoonzootycoon.comwww.atari.com/

 

Software & Information Industry

Association Education Division

 

Local Resources

Camadro, Inc.   (parent company of FreeArcade, located in Tecumseh - Kevin Derby, CEO

508 Mohawk St. Tecumseh, Michigan P: 517-423-0523 F: 517-423-7018

http://www.camadro.com/

 

Virtual Environments Other Than Second Life

 
OpenCroquet.org

http://opencroquet.org/index.php/Main_Page

 

Metaverse (LivingArchives.ca)

metaverse.sourceforge.net

 

 

Open Habitat.org (Open Sim - Dave Cormier's group)

 

OpenHabitat.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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