Power up for history
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The document discusses the importance of incorporating gaming into history education to enhance student engagement and learning. It suggests strategies for teachers, such as discussing gaming with students, using video games as educational tools, and creating an engaging classroom culture. The goal is to foster critical thinking and connect historical content with contemporary gaming experiences.
Power up for history
- 1. Why History Teachers Need to Pay Attention to Gaming NOW Spiff Whitfield Twitter: @spiffwhitfield Real Life: http://about.me/andrew.m.wheelock http://bit.ly/gamesed
- 2. Engagement Education based principles Badges Choice Experience points The Boy Dilemma Content understandings 2
- 3. 3 Ex. Assassin's Creed III Sir William Johnson George Washington
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- 6. 6 Johnson hosting an Iroquois conference at Johnson Hall in 1772 (painting by E. L. Henry, 1903)
- 8. Keep up to date on video games Graphite Wikipedia Play! Talk to students about their gaming Use video games to your advantage Let students write about gaming Use gaming as a platform for content discussions Use video for writing prompts Create a culture of engagement and play Learn more about gaming structure and incorporate into your lessons Engage students in content understandings 8
- 9. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King, Jr.