Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1433126702 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 263 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Torres (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Asi Burak (President, Games for Change); Toby Rowland (MangaHigh); Jocelyn Leavitt (Hopscotch); Krishna Vedati (Tynker); and researchers at BrainPOP and designers from Electric Funstuff (Mission U.S. It is a survey of best practices aggregated from interviews with experts in the field, including: James Paul Gee (Author, What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy); Henry Jenkins (Provost Professor at University of Southern California); Katie Salen (Founder, Institute of Play); Bernie DeKoven (Author, A Playfu
He is a past recipient of a Geraldine R. Matthew Farber teaches social studies at Valleyview Middle School, in Denville, New Jersey. He is a blogger for Edutopia and KQED/MindShift, a member of the GlassLab Teacher Network, and has playtested for the Institute of Play and BrainPOP. Mr. Dodge Teacher Fellowship, which se
-Walk into Matthew Farber's middle school classroom and you'll meet students who consider themselves beta testers of innovative learning experiences. Farber, as author, shares his own journey into understanding the power of games for learning. Meticulously researched and featuring insights from a host of educators and game designers, as well as his own enthusiastic adventures in the classroom, Matthew Farber's book is an impressive primer, revealing what works and what doesn't out here on education's exciting new frontier.- (Lee Sheldon, Author of 'The Multiplayer Classroom'; Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)" . You'll see an inspired teacher w
Christi M said Five Stars. Great introduction to gamification. "Gamify Your Classroom should be in every school" according to Wise Dad. Gamify Your Classroom is an excellent resource for anyone in the field of education. From the classroom teacher to the EdTech, principal, administrator in charge of selecting professional developmenteven video-game developers interested in games for learning, Gamify has something for everyone. As a gamer, educator, and video-game developer, I was able to integrate this book in ways I had not thought of to help bridge the worlds of education and gamingand connect with those who are trying to do the same.Every teacher and administrator can benefit from this book. Each will find something different to further their own goals of instructi. "This book presents a practical guide implementing new instructional methodology" according to traveler. This book presents a practical guide implementing new instructional methodology utilizing game-based skills. Mr. Farber has included concrete examples and real time classroom planning and management techniques in his book.As an educator with more than This book presents a practical guide implementing new instructional methodology traveler This book presents a practical guide implementing new instructional methodology utilizing game-based skills. Mr. Farber has included concrete examples and real time classroom planning and management techniques in his book.As an educator with more than 40 years of experience in classroom management this text brings together the new challenges facing 21st century classroom instruction. This book should be required reading for all educators.. 0 years of experience in classroom management this text brings together the new challenges facing 21st century classroom instruction. This book should be required reading for all educators.