Video games help foster creativity and appreciation for the art of failure, says a teacher. "Civilization IV" is Great for history classes. "Sports network 2" is a Great visual representation for language arts.
Video games help foster creativity and appreciation for the art of failure, says a teacher. "Civilization IV" is Great for history classes. "Sports network 2" is a Great visual representation for language arts.
Video games help foster creativity and appreciation for the art of failure, says a teacher. "Civilization IV" is Great for history classes. "Sports network 2" is a Great visual representation for language arts.
classroom Video games help foster creativity and an appreciation for the art of failure
Civilization IV
Great for history classes
Students build civilizations Students have to make decisions similar to decisions people in the past had to make Great visual representation for history
Sports Network 2
Teacher used this is a language arts class
Aligned with Common Core ELA Standards Places the skills in real-life context Students take on the role of employees at a media company
Dolus: Finding the Journal of Odysseus
Alternate Reality Game
Students channel the skill set of Greek heroes Students exercise critical thinking, resilience, and creative problem-solving
Fictional Worlds
Students enter the classroom, which is set up like a fictional world
Students have avatars and must level up by mastering different skills Examples: o Professor Layton and the Curious village Reading a novel embedded with math problems and puzzles o Prodigy Math computer game Wizarding world
The Walking Dead
Students are posed with ethical dilemmas
Students use problem-solving skills that they learned in their moral philosophy class