Angry Birds to Minecraft: Game Dynamics and Learning
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The document explores the educational potential of games, emphasizing their ability to motivate and facilitate learning through engaging dynamics. It discusses various game mechanics, such as appointment, failure, flexibility, progression, and construction dynamics, which can be applied in classroom settings to foster critical thinking and creativity. It advocates for embedding these game principles into education to encourage exploration and recognition of achievements.
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- 1. to what games teach us about learning Douglas Kiang @dkiang! www.kiang.net
- 2. Why Games? Game Dynamics Classroom Tips @dkiang! www.kiang.net
- 5. We are born knowing how to play.
- 7. “Brains like ours alter profoundly to fit the technologies and practices that surround them.” Andy Clark Director, Cognitive Sciences Program Indiana University
- 8. How do we learn school?
- 9. Kids will walk away from homework because it is “too hard”...
- 10. Kids will walk away from a computer game... because it is “too easy”.
- 11. “Work is all that a body is obliged to do. Play is all that a body is not obliged to do.” Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
- 12. games = powerful motivation http://loish.deviantart.com/art/Centre-National-du-Jeu-298346476 games = productive learning
- 13. Hold on! Isn’t that addiction?
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- 23. Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology ? http://tinyurl.com/bartletestapp
- 24. http://tinyurl.com/bartletest Which would you rather do: Get to a certain experience level faster than anyone else? Solve a riddle no one else has gotten? Previous Next Question 3 of 30
- 25. Explorers Love to “figure out” games Fun comes from discovery Collectors of knowledge and little-known facts Enjoy teaching others http://www.flickr.com/photos/ 43132185@N00/
- 26. Seek to improve power and status Achievers Fun comes from points and leveling up. Point of playing is to master the game Enjoy recognition of their achievements http://www.flickr.com/photos/ 21957530@N07/
- 28. Enjoy meaningful social interaction with other players Socializers Game is simply a backdrop Point of playing is to make friends Enjoy recognition of their followers, contacts, influence
- 29. Also known as “griefers” Killers Achievement comes from another person’s loss Value knowledge for its applications Prize reputation and recognition http://www.flickr.com/photos/ 32774510@N00/
- 39. GameDynamics What it might look like in the classroom Real-life example Example from a game
- 40. 1. The Appointment Dynamic “Be here at this time, get a prize.” Game Dynamics
- 41. 1. The Appointment Dynamic
- 42. 1. The Appointment Dynamic
- 43. 1. The Appointment Dynamic
- 45. “Fail early, fail often.” 2. Failure DynamicGame Dynamics
- 48. Angry Birds Demo
- 50. Create opportunities for exploration 2. Failure Dynamic
- 51. Student Response Systems 2. Failure Dynamic
- 52. Game Dynamics 3. Flexibility Dynamic “Provide multiple paths of representation.”
- 53. Doom (1993) It hasn’t always been this way... 3. Flexibility Dynamic
- 54. Mario 64 (1998) 3. Flexibility Dynamic
- 55. Grand Theft Auto III (2001) 3. Flexibility Dynamic
- 56. Skyrim (2011) 3. Flexibility Dynamic
- 60. Neither of these tells you much about where you are. http://www.flickr.com/photos/43132185@N00/71878108
- 61. Always see where you are. Always see where you are going. Always see the path to get there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/70021771@N00/94459791
- 62. Grade 9 Biology Biology Honors Grade 10 Chemistry Chemistry Honors Grade 10 Physics Grade 10 Bio/Geology of Hawaii Science Electives Grade 11 AP Biology AP Env. Science Bio/Geology of Hawaii AP Chemistry Physics or Physics Honors AP Physics B Science Electives Grade 11 Bio/Geology of Hawaii Chemistry or ! Chemistry Honors AP Physics B Science Electives Grade 11 Chemistry or ! Chemistry Honors Science Electives Physics or ! Physics Honors Grade 12AP Biology AP Env. Science Bio/Geology of Hawaii Chemistry or Chemistry Honors AP Chemistry Physics or Physics Honors AP Physics B AP Physics C Science Department
- 63. Quarter 1 Data Types Variables Quarter 2 Arrays Lists Quarter 2 Encapsulation Quarter 2 Recursion Independent Project Quarter 3 Advanced Data Types Computer Ethics Recursion Advanced Arrays and Lists Encapsulation and Inheritance Advanced Class Design Independent Project Quarter 3 Recursion Arrays! Lists Polymorphism Independent Project Quarter 3 Arrays! Lists Independent Project Inheritance and Polymorphism Quarter 4Advanced Data Types Recursion Computer Ethics Arrays and Lists Data Structures Encapsulation and Inheritance Independent Project Computer Science http://www.flickr.com/photos/12142259@N00/2867502891
- 65. TED Talk: World Peace Game
- 66. Preserving an Open-Ended Process • Provide lots of resources! • Provide different paths to the destination! • Encourage and reward exploration! • Provide a map! • Create opportunities for collaboration
- 67. 4. Progression Dynamic “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”! Napoleon Bonaparte http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelslens/ 2447754116
- 69. 4. Progression Dynamic Tutorials (scaffolding of content) Achievements (positive reinforcement) Badges and Leveling Up (social capital)
- 70. Current ability Ability with support Outside of current grasp Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development 4. Progression Dynamic
- 72. level of skill levelof challenge discouraging boring F L O W “working at the point of struggle” Mihaly Csikszentmihályi 4. Progression Dynamic
- 74. Tutorials (scaffolding of content) Achievements (positive reinforcement) Badges and Leveling Up (social capital) 4. Progression Dynamic
- 75. Hide and seek 4. Progression Dynamic
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- 80. 4. Progression Dynamic Tutorials (scaffolding of content) Achievements (positive reinforcement) Badges and Leveling Up (social capital)
- 87. “Build something you care about.” 5. Construction Dynamic
- 92. Challenge Create a self-sustaining community that reinforces trust among individuals and that rewards pro-social behavior.
- 98. !((a > b) || (c == d)) (a <= b) && (c != d) DeMorgan’s Laws of Boolean Algebra is the same as
- 101. Challenge Build Mr. Kiang’s office. It must be underwater. It must be big. It must incorporate elements of nature.
- 110. Reflections
- 111. We are how we play. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37318693@N04/
- 112. Games support critical thinking, creativity, and safe risk-taking.
- 113. Games are a catalyst for learning.
- 114. Getting Started • Find ways to embed game dynamics in the structure of your class:! • Create “events” ! • Encourage low-stakes failure ! • Recognize achievements often! • Create multiple paths to success! • Build something we all care about
- 116. Slides, links, and resources www.kiang.net @dkiangThank you. Learning With Games a two-day workshop with Douglas Kiang Harvard University, July 24–25 edtechteacher.org/summer
- 117. embrace the fail wheel