SAGA (Story and Game Academy)
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The document provides an overview of the Story and Game Academy (SAGA), which explores using video games to foster skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, creativity, and innovation. It discusses how games can encourage thoughtful media consumption and building stories. SAGA also aims to break barriers by supporting any platform and providing outreach and professional development. It suggests re-thinking learning spaces and provides 12 tips for bringing video games into the classroom, such as starting with instructional goals in mind and collaborating with other professionals.
SAGA (Story and Game Academy)
- 1. Story And Game Academy Presented by Lucas Gillispie - www.edurealms.com
- 2. Lucas Gillispie Instructional Technology Coordinator Pender County Schools Burgaw, North Carolina On Twitter: @PCSTech
- 4. What SAGA Is About...
- 5. SAGA... Exploring The Learning Potential In Good Video Games
- 6. Do You Realize That Good Games Foster Many Of The Skills That Future Employers Are Seeking?
- 7. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- 10. Learning works best when new challenges are “pleasantly frustrating” in the sense of being felt by learners to be at the outer edge of, but within their “regime of competence.” That is, these challenges feel hard, but doable. (Gee, 2007, p. 36).
- 11. Exploration Cross-Functional Teaming Interaction Systems Thinking Production Distributed Knowledge Risk-Taking Challenge and Consolidation Customization Well-Ordered Problems “Just in Time” Learning Agency Identity Situated Meaning Performance-Based Competence
- 12. SAGA... Encouraging Thoughtful Media Consumption
- 13. “The Wall...”
- 14. “The opposite of work is not play, it’s depression.” Dr. Brian Sutton-Smith Author: The Ambiguity of Play
- 15. “It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.” Leo F. Buscaglia, USC
- 16. An all too common quote from kids viewing my Minecraft in School - Student Work video: “...But you shouldn't have fun during school. They might get used to having fun everyday during school. This can cause much less studying and which will result in low grades. Low grades will decrease the chance of finding a good job. The school needs to show them that life gets harder every single day of their lives and not preparing them by playing computer games during lecture time...”
- 17. Bring Back The Joys Of: Curiosity Play Exploration Experimentation Creating
- 19. Student Game Reviews Written and Published Online
- 20. SAGA... Exploring Stories
- 21. Journey
- 22. Bastion
- 23. Guild Wars 2
- 24. SAGA... Building Stories
- 25. Portal 2 - Perpetual Testing Initiative
- 26. StarCraft II - Galaxy Editor
- 27. Little Big Planet 2
- 29. Any Platform!
- 31. SAGA... Re-Thinking Learning Spaces
- 32. 12 Tips for Bringing Video Games Into Your Classroom
- 33. 1. Read What The Experts Are Saying
- 34. #2 Talk to your learners about the games they play.
- 35. #3 Let your own children teach you about the games they play.
- 36. #4 Pick up a new game and play it.
- 37. #5 Put on your teacher lenses.
- 38. #6 Don’t overlook off-the-shelf games.
- 39. #7 Always start with your instructional goals in mind.
- 40. #8 Collaborate and share with other professionals.
- 41. #9 Make cookies for your IT staff; they can be powerful allies.
- 42. #10 Get your principal on board.
- 43. #11 Start in a safe place to fail.
- 44. #12 Remember how to play.
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