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How teachers use games in the

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

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