5.++Educational+Gaming

__Assignment 5-1 Gizmos__
Guess Who? Using a photo found on the internet, create a Gizmos character of a famous person that you admire or of a character that you is important to a lesson in your classroom. The gizmos character should give three facts about themselves and end with the phrase “Who am I”. Add the link to your gizmo character to your wikipage.

__Assignment 5-2: Educational Gaming__
//When I watch children playing video games at home or in the arcades, I am impressed with the energy and enthusiasm they devote to the task. … Why can’t we get the same devotion to school lessons as people naturally apply to the things that interest them//? – Donald Norman, CEO, uNEXT 1

Let's face it. Our students are hooked on computer game playing. Take a few minutes to read this article before working on the next assignment...

Now that you have read the article, I want you to develop a classroom lesson based on an educational game. There are a few listed here, but feel free to //surf the 'net// to find others that may be more appropriate to your students. Create a handout (in Word) for the lesson that you would give to your students. Post your assignment on your wikipage.

Example Gaming Websites [|Story Time Phonics] [|Starfall] [|Sentence Structure Games] [|BBC Educational Games] [|Cool Math] [|Fun Brain] [|http://gameaquarium.net] [|Cut-the-knot.org] [|Up to ten]

[] [|more math games] [|wolframalpha] [|Calculus Animations] [|Modeling with Java applications] [|Mathematical Java Applets] [] [|Sciencecourseware.org] [|interactive labs]

[|Social Impact Games] Study guides for the classroom? Is there a way we can have our students tailor thier own learning? Check out some of these web sites: Proprofs

__Assignment 5-3: Game On?__
Is gaming all that great? Read one of these articles and respond to the post under the discussion tab Check out this NYtimes article And another from MailOnline