Pre activity: As your students begin this experience they need to take the Before survey. This is a simple survey that will ask them about games they like to play, types of games they play, who they play their games with, where they like to play them, and where they live. (The information gathered here will be showcased on the site so they can see how their contribution made a difference, and what the overall data says about games.)
Activity #1: Students will have the opportunity to discuss their games and the games of others in the discussion forums under student play. This is a place to get to know other participants, talk to other students about your game or their game, or just learn something from other students around the world.
Activity #2: Students will decide what game they are going to choose as the one they will present. Then they will research the game that they chose so that they will have information to create their final project with. They will complete a research template.
Activity #3: Students will explore the different tools that they may use for this project. They will spend time exploring them and then choose which tool they are going to use for the final product.
Activity #4: Students will make a project showcasing their game. They will bring together their research from Activity #1 and the tool they chose in Activity #2. This will be the main proof of success! This project will be showcased on the project website. The site creator and each student’s home teacher will jointly choose which projects will be displayed.
Activity #5: Students will comment on the site blog and engage in a conversation about games with other participants. Because this project is suitable for students of any age the blog spaces will be broken down into appropriate age groupings, such as ages 5-7, 8-12, 13-15, and 16-18. This will allow more educationally specific and appropriate interactions between students. This activity will be ongoing, and will require at least 5 posts per participant (or 5 per group depending on age). The oversight of how many posts in a certain amount of time may vary by age and will be managed by the home teacher. Students may also choose to participate in Skype or Hangout sessions with each other if this is possible due to geography and technological concerns. They may also wish to post videos playing their game of choice if possible.
Exit Activity: Students will submit their projects (activity #5) to their teacher, who will review it and then send it on to the sitehost who will post it in the PLAY, PLAY, PLAY site showcase.
Activity #1: Students will have the opportunity to discuss their games and the games of others in the discussion forums under student play. This is a place to get to know other participants, talk to other students about your game or their game, or just learn something from other students around the world.
Activity #2: Students will decide what game they are going to choose as the one they will present. Then they will research the game that they chose so that they will have information to create their final project with. They will complete a research template.
Activity #3: Students will explore the different tools that they may use for this project. They will spend time exploring them and then choose which tool they are going to use for the final product.
Activity #4: Students will make a project showcasing their game. They will bring together their research from Activity #1 and the tool they chose in Activity #2. This will be the main proof of success! This project will be showcased on the project website. The site creator and each student’s home teacher will jointly choose which projects will be displayed.
Activity #5: Students will comment on the site blog and engage in a conversation about games with other participants. Because this project is suitable for students of any age the blog spaces will be broken down into appropriate age groupings, such as ages 5-7, 8-12, 13-15, and 16-18. This will allow more educationally specific and appropriate interactions between students. This activity will be ongoing, and will require at least 5 posts per participant (or 5 per group depending on age). The oversight of how many posts in a certain amount of time may vary by age and will be managed by the home teacher. Students may also choose to participate in Skype or Hangout sessions with each other if this is possible due to geography and technological concerns. They may also wish to post videos playing their game of choice if possible.
Exit Activity: Students will submit their projects (activity #5) to their teacher, who will review it and then send it on to the sitehost who will post it in the PLAY, PLAY, PLAY site showcase.