theartguy MICCA Session 2: “Gaming: How do I get Started?” with Dr. BJ Gallagher

• April 21, 2009 at 11:28 theartguy says Slight delay while scrounging for a laptop.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:30 theartguy says Handout is a wiki: begingaming.pbwiki.com/
• April 21, 2009 at 11:31 theartguy says Came up with using games in education while working with special needs kids.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:33 theartguy says Most games are “Drill & Practice,” others are a little more adventurous.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:34 theartguy says “Complex Games” are the way to go, though there is a learning curve for some.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:36 theartguy says “If a student’s in a wheelchair, they can pick an avatar that can get up and move!”
• April 21, 2009 at 11:37 theartguy says Mention of Runescape – she was cooking shrimp in the game and fought a troll. Heh.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:39 theartguy “If you want to get started find yourself a middle schooler. Not a high schooler they know too much.” :D
• April 21, 2009 at 11:41 theartguy Somewhat brief mention of MMORPGs while looking at Wikipedia article on gaming.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:43 theartguy says I’m somewhat confused – not about the gaming, but about the presenter’s enthusiasm. She seems enthusiastic … but not.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:44 theartguy says Universal Design for Learning, Differentiated Instruction, games can be used to support these systems.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:48 theartguy says “How are our games perceived around the world?” A good point is made here, some of our games don’t fit well with other cultures.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:49 theartguy says World of Warcraft removed a character based on a panda because China didn’t think it was a positive image.
• April 21, 2009 at 11:52 theartguy says I see how gaming can be used to assist education, but she could be making the connections better than “Here’s some links on some sites.”
• April 21, 2009 at 12:31 Tim Holt says keep these updates coming!
• April 21, 2009 at 12:38 theartguy says Next two sessions are mine – think my audience will mind if I stop to Plurk? ;)

theartguy Session 1 is What Google Can Do For You by thetechtiger! Woot!

• April 21, 2009 at 10:11 theartguy says im.textthemob.com/id751
• April 21, 2009 at 10:32 miz mercer Back to being artguy I see
• April 21, 2009 at 10:38 theartguy says For now at least – don’t want to confuse the people I introduce to PLNs today.
• April 21, 2009 at 10:39 theartguy says Currently explaining Gmail & Gchat
• April 21, 2009 at 10:43 theartguy says It’s all a quick overview of everything right now. Cal, Docs, Maps, Earth
• April 21, 2009 at 10:44 bethmharvey says I love the site “text the mob” I have never seen that. Good luck on your presentation. Our teachers are most interested in Google Docs
• April 21, 2009 at 10:45 theartguy says “If you can use Office, you can use Google to make web pages.” So true :)
• April 21, 2009 at 10:47 theartguy says Best part about Google Docs is no more thumb drives to transfer documents. IMHO
• April 21, 2009 at 10:47 theartguy says Side note – this isn’t a PowerPoint. WHole thing is in prezi.com/
• April 21, 2009 at 10:49 theartguy says Google Groups – discussion boards. Can be public or private. Lots of good ones already exist.
• April 21, 2009 at 10:52 theartguy says iGoogle
• April 21, 2009 at 10:56 theartguy says Overview done, now for the nitty gritty!
• April 21, 2009 at 11:02 theartguy says Form – create a web based survey (or quiz or test!) and all answers are placed in a spreadsheet! I use this all the time and it’s awesome.

theartguy Keynote for Day 1 is Karen Cator from Apple. Lots of good ideas, though many are common amongst keynoters.

• theartguy says Web 1.0: Watch Tv and try to understand commercials.
• April 21, 2009 at 09:15 theartguy says Web 2.0: Produce media
• April 21, 2009 at 09:17 theartguy says “Get out of the notion of giving kids something to do every 20 minutes.” They need to manage their own time.
• April 21, 2009 at 09:18 theartguy says “When you want to learn something new, what do you do?”
• April 21, 2009 at 09:22 theartguy says Showed a video of a 10 yr old video blogger. Kid mentioned a JoCo song. Nice :)
• April 21, 2009 at 09:22 techtiger I really liked that kids are the CEO of their own brand
• April 21, 2009 at 09:24 theartguy says Enabling trends: Mobility – 24/7 access & user created content.
• April 21, 2009 at 09:26 theartguy says Indeed, thetechtiger – It was rather “permanent record”-ish, but in a good way.
• April 21, 2009 at 09:27 theartguy says Also enabling: Social Interactions for Learning. Social interactions are PROMOTING learning.
• April 21, 2009 at 09:34 theartguy says And just got a link from timholt about being a Keynote speaker.