[game_edu] game education in k-12

[Tim Langdell]

game education in k-12I think starting a wiki on this is a great idea Susan. Here at National University we are heavily involved in credentially K-12 teachers and also run an online Educational Technology masters program aimed at K-12 teachers which has a focus on the use of games to educate, so we would welcome the interchange of ideas which could come from such a wiki.

Tim

Tim Langdell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Media
School of Media & Communication
National University 
tlangdell at nu.edu
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: S. Gold 
  To: IGDA Game Education Listserv 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:19 AM
  Subject: [game_edu] game education in k-12


  I received a paper from an educator trying to motivate and educate middle school students using games. I know we have some k-12 educators on our list and wanted to share it with them as well as the rest of our membership.

  Repenning, A. and Ioannidou, Broadening Participation through Scalable Game Design <http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~ralex/papers/PDF/ScalabeDesign_SIGCSE2008.pdf> , ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Conference, (SIGCSE 2008), (Portland, Oregon USA), ACM Press.

  As we all know, science and technology is suffering a shortage of graduates, an issue that many of our classrooms have been impacted by and ultimately concern all of our membership. Currently the games arena is being used as an area to capture young minds and interests that will hopefully guide them into careers in science, math and technology. 

  Should we start a wiki page where we can archive materials like these? Other than an archive, how else might we begin to assist our peers in k-12?

  Susan
  -- 
  Prof. Susan Gold
  Chair, IGDA Education SIG

  "In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!" - J. G. Ballard



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