Transcript games2.pptx

Innovative Games for
Engaging Teachers in
Inquiry Teaching
(I GET IT!)
2010
Begin
Elementary School
2027
Graduate College
…today’s children will
use technologies we
have yet to imagine…
…and face problems
that don’t yet exist
… What
should we
teach them?
Engaging students in developing explanatory scientific models
is a powerful instructional strategy.
Observe
phenomenon
Develop initial
model
Test Model
Revise
Unfortunately it rarely occurs in schools
Analyzing videos of students learning
helps pre-service teachers learn to
focus on student ideas
Video from
Physics & Everyday Thinking (PET)
Harley
Charlie
What would you do next?
What if students could see how their
instructional decisions might play out?
What would you do?
A. Option A
B. Option B
C. Option C
D. Option D
When carefully designed, games expose players to the
problems and problem solving approaches of a profession
Goal 1: Create a
“choose your
own adventure”
style game for
teachers
Using video
footage of actual
classrooms
Where we are now
Game Design
Carleton University, Canada
Science Education, UCSB
Computer Science, UCSB
Playing games is a
very effective
method of learning
Expert teachers
design games
Pre-Service teachers
play games
*Learn about student ideas
*Reflect on own teaching
*Consider the process of
model based instruction
*Learn about student ideas
*Practice instructional decision
making in low stakes environment
Game Features
Technical Specs
Will follow
structure of model
based inquiry
Open Source
Branching scenario
Text, video, images
Wiki platform will allow
for collaboration
Will allow for
participatory learning
from users (commenting)
Will make
instructional
decisions that go
into teaching visible
Design Process
User friendly
Collaborative
Track decisions
made/iterations