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Katie commented on the blog post Educational Games Replacing Teachers? 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View

Drew,
I am interested in your thoughts on teaching students to “learn how to learn.” Maybe an example of this is giving students pieces of information and allowing them to connect the dots to learn the lesson? Or teaching them how to best make use of their resources?

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Katie wrote a new blog post: Educational Games Replacing Teachers? 2 months, 4 weeks ago · View

There has been a lot of forward looking contemplation in the game development community about whether educational games will eliminate the need for teachers. Afterall, an aptly constructed game that challenges a student at their ability level and offers immediate feedback on their performance with built-in explanations of the problems offers faster and better differentiation [...]

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Katie commented on the blog post How to Use Game Creation as a Study Technique 2 months, 4 weeks ago · View

I’m actually developing a slightly different RPG game from my original concept using Unity3D. The students will have to search a tropical island for problems (from the state test released questions) and choose the correct multiple choice. If someone doesn’t understand the problem, they can play a mini-game (similar to math blasters or number crunchers [...]

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Katie posted an update: 3 months ago · View

Dance Central 2 is a FUN way to workout and the gameplay is much improved from the original version.

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Katie posted a new activity comment: 3 months ago · View

The game concept sounds so interesting, but I can’t get to your link!

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In reply to - Drew Crow posted on the forum topic Infomancer: He (or she!) who controls the information controls the universe!! in the group GAMEFUL CHALLENGE #8: Making the Invisible Visible: Part 1: Game Pitches : OK, so we have a design document ready to rock: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1obirCPldyYjkoQEOGT42Iw7TLPci5–lV-vcq4yhjmI/edit Please feel free to comment! EDIT: seem to be having a few issues with the link [...] · View
Katie posted a new activity comment: 3 months ago · View

And my opportunities to play it are few and far between.

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In reply to - Katie posted an update: This weekend I’m going to be playing in the snow and engaged in snowball fights with my friends! · View
Katie posted an update: 3 months ago · View

This weekend I’m going to be playing in the snow and engaged in snowball fights with my friends!

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- Janine Hamilton · 3 months ago
  That’s gotta be one of the oldest, funnest games ever!
  - Katie · 3 months ago
    And my opportunities to play it are few and far between.
Katie posted an update: 3 months ago · View

Kodu Curriculum: Math Module makes me wish I taught little kids. Maybe, they will develop a cool math & game design teaching tool for high school classes next? http://bit.ly/9nf8pp

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Katie posted on the forum topic Hello! in the group Welcome to Gameful!: 3 months, 1 week ago · View

Thanks! I’m trying my best

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Katie and Drew Crow are now friends 3 months, 1 week ago · View

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Katie posted a new activity comment: 3 months, 1 week ago · View

You could assign each student a number and use a random number generator to pick the winners. There are several interesting ones here:
http://www.random.org/

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In reply to - Lukas Blakk posted an update in the group Educational Games : What are some ideas of ways to pick one or two ’winners’ from a pool of equally awesome people’s ideas without resorting to voting or making people feel bad? I have a workshop this weekend teaching a bunch of 12-16 year old girls and would like to [...] · View
Katie posted a new activity comment: 3 months, 1 week ago · View

My friend and I have been trying to figure out how to compare scores. How were you able to? I can’t wait until codeacademy opens up courses to more languages.

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In reply to - Katie posted an update: http://www.codecademy.com offers fun little games that teach Java. I’m kind of addicted… · View
Katie posted an update: 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View

http://www.codecademy.com offers fun little games that teach Java. I’m kind of addicted…

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- iSpy Guy · 3 months, 1 week ago
  I had set a whole Sat. aside a few months back to bang on codeacademy. I finished it in 20 minutes and was so bummed! Glad to see there are new courses!
  Looks like you have a higher score than me!
  http://www.codecademy.com/profiles/katorade82
  http://www.codecademy.com/profiles/gg
  - Katie · 3 months, 1 week ago
    My friend and I have been trying to figure out how to compare scores. How were you able to? I can’t wait until codeacademy opens up courses to more languages.
- Houle Nemo · 3 months, 1 week ago
  wow! this is amazing!!! i’m sure my computer science teacher could take something away from this!
  thank you so much for posting this!!!
Katie commented on the blog post How to Use Game Creation as a Study Technique 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View

Neat! How would your game work? I tutor some on the side and I’m learning C# from a RPG programming book. I’m a newbie at game creation, but I would love to eventually create a simulation based educational game. The students could participate in investigations that would be difficult to create in a classroom to [...]

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Katie wrote a new blog post: How to Use Game Creation as a Study Technique 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View

I’m a math teacher in Silicon Valley and I’m brainstorming ways to integrate game creation in my classroom instruction. I asked my students what kind of math video game they would like to play. I heard many different ideas, but almost all of the students expressed an interest in engaging multiple choice style games. Many students [...]

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Katie and Rimi B. Chatterjee are now friends 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View

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Katie posted an update: 3 months, 3 weeks ago · View

Has anyone read ”Fun, Inc.” by Tom Chatfield? I just watched his TedTalks discussing the neurological research behind what keeps us motivated during video games.

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Katie posted on the forum topic Scaling up games in the group Gameful Government: 3 months, 3 weeks ago · View

Activism is a kind of game. I’ve done some voter registration, door to door canvassing, flyering, and canvassing college campuses for different causes. There is a type of competition involved in registering enough voters, employing and managing staff, and collecting enough signatures and donations to make a difference towards your cause. The results of your [...]

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Katie joined the group Gameful Government 3 months, 3 weeks ago · View

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Katie posted a new activity comment: 3 months, 3 weeks ago · View

I’ve found several lesson plans online that integrate Angry Birds into teaching physics and parabolas. Here’s a cute video with a cursory explanation of parabolas explained by the Angry Birds:

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In reply to - marc hauser posted on the forum topic Suggested Educational Gaming Resources in the group Educational Games : Here is an excellent piece by Charles Munro about why Angry Birds is so successful: http://www.mauronewmedia.com/blog/2011/02/why-angry-birds-is-so-successful-a-cognitive-teardown-of-the-user-experience/ Though it doesn’t explicitly connect to education, by breaking the game down into its psychological constituents, it makes a powerful case for how games might connect up [...] · View
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