Presentation Resources
Here are several resources for K-12 Educators from my presentation, “Video Games and Virtual Worlds: Implications for Education”
The Presentation:
Handouts:
Recommended Reading:
- Don’t Bother Me Mom I’m Learning – Mark Prensky
- Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is Reshaping Business Forever – John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade
- What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy – James Paul Gee
- Playing To Learn: Video Games In The Classroom – David Hutchison (has lesson ideas revolving around video games)
Videos:
A Vision of Students Today
Shift Happens
Websites:
- Video Game Statistics – http://www.theesa.com/
- Digital Natives
- http://www.marcprensky.com/
- Educating the Net Generation (free e-book): http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub7101.pdf
- Julie Evans presents – Tomorrow’s Students: Are We Ready for the New 21st-Century Learners? (Podcast) – http://connect-cdn.educause.edu/files/gbayne_tomorrowsstudents.mp3
“…through online gaming there are “deep relationships” with students (paraphrased).” - A Vision of Students Today (YouTube Video) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=related
- Shift Happns (YouTube Video) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhnWKg9B2-8&feature=related
- A New, 3D Math Game – Dimension-M
- Virtual Worlds
- Virtual Worlds Review – http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/
- “7 Things You Should Know About Virtual Worlds” http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7015.pdf
- A Sample MMO – Warhammer Online – http://www.warhammeronline.com
- World of Warcraft – 11 million subscribers worldwide! – http://www.worldofwarcraft.com
- Second Life – Free – http://www.secondlife.com
- Suffern Middle School in Second Life – http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/
- RezEd – http://www.rezed.org/
- SLURL’s (Second Life URL’s – These will launch Second Life, if installed, and take you to the location specified)
- Pender County Schools Island
- ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
- Education Island
- Science Fridays (live talks every Friday, part of SciLands)
- SpacePort Alpha (also part of SciLands)
- Discovery Educator Network
