The information below is a rough breakdown of what the Learn2Game sessions for teachers will focus on, including the general content for each of the sessions.
Learn2Game: preparing you for the content of the Game2Learn course
Course value
The sessions offer educators a chance to learn more about how games can serve their needs,
along with the underlying information that will make you, the teacher,
comfortable with the inclusion of video games in your classroom
- Informative
- Practically beneficial
- Comprehensive
Functional / Technical know-how
Including games means knowing how to use the systems they are found on. This session acquaints teachers with the different platforms functions of the respective systems
- Loading games on different systems
- How to start games
- Save points and auto-save functions
- Controllers and pairing
Controlling lesson and game content / Resource management
Familiarity with the hardware means you can get inside the games. We review what and how the teacher can manage both the game and learning material
(more about distinguishing lesson objectives and gameplay, and how the two interact)
- Top down, start with multimodal theory
- VG as a means to enhance learning
- Finding learning outcomes from VG
- Designing educational exercises that makes use of VG content
- Other multimodal pieces (PPT, media, worksheets, etc)
- How to move between the two
- Teacher-led gameplay: how to facilitate
- Group gameplay: how to facilitate
Example session delivery – lesson experience
An important consideration is how the games can be effectively deployed in the class. This session reviews the content delivery through an example session (focus on the pedagogy of delivering sessions with mixture of ppt, videogame and worksheets)
- Guide the teachers through a session
- Focus on the specific points where students transition between game and worksheet and vice versa
Game2Learn Lesson building
- Constructing a learning element around Florence
- Being shown the considerations to be made with respect to time, class size, facilities, age group, lesson length, etc
- Develop into an exercise that could be used in the group – 3 sections of game
