Assignment #1
Gamestar Mechanic is a great tool to use in the classroom. It helps to engage the students and capture their interest in the subject matter. This program can be a great tool especially for ELA. It helps to foster students' critical thinking, problem solving, collaborating with others, and their creativity. ELA teachers can create and use games where students are able to work on spelling, grammar, reading skills, and so much more. I believe the creation of games for literacy can be endless.
Assignment #2
I believe that with the use of games in the classroom it can be a positive asset to students. It is a very helpful tool to both teachers and students. With tools like Gamestar Mechanic, teachers are able to design a variety of game to fit their classroom and their students needs. Teachers can create fun and exciting games yet very educational that can allow students to develop and expand their critical thinking skills.
Assignment #3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44186744/Game.pptx
Assignment #4
Edmodo is another great tool for ELA. Teachers can use Edmodo to post critical think questions about a passage or a book for students to answers and comment on. The students will be able to interact with one another by commenting on each others posts.
Your game scenario is very interesting. What skills are trying to help children develop with this game? :)
ReplyDeleteThe children will be developing their observational skills. In visual arts it is very important to build upon this skill because as an art teacher we want our students to be able to analyze a painting, a drawing, or an image and see all the fine details within that particular work or art.
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