Games based blogging promoting deep learning across schools final upload

Welcome:Welcome:Dan Roberts - Deputy HeadteacherRay Chambers – Teacher of ICTsaltash.net community school Lodge Park Technology College

‘Games Based Blogging’Promotes deep learning across schools

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saltash.net.net community school is:an 11-18 mixed community comprehensive with 1400 students

It has been a specialist schoolin Science, Maths &Computing with a RuralDimension since September 2004

It has been a specialist schoolin Science, Maths &Computing with a RuralDimension since September 2004

Steven Covey – The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

‘The main thing is to keep the main thing

the main thing and the main thing is

learning.’

• Lodge ParkLodge Park • Technology Technology

College is:College is:• an 11-18 mixed an 11-18 mixed • 1250 students 1250 students

on rollon roll

It has been a specialist school selected by the Department for Education in 1994 and became a Technology College.

It has been a specialist school selected by the Department for Education in 1994 and became a Technology College.

‘Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me,

and I'll understand.’

Native American Saying

saltash.net & Lodge Park

“For whenever one plays a game, and whatever game one plays, learning happens constantly, whether the players want it to, and are aware of it, or not. And the players are learning “about life,” which is one of the great positive consequences of all game playing. This learning takes place, continuously,

and simultaneously in every game, every time one plays. One need not even pay much attention.”

But we do need to pay some attention in order to analyse how and what players learn.”

Prensky 2002

Games Based Learning

#ChickenGBL

What do the kids think?

I loved moving I loved moving the little the little

motorcycle motorcycle guy about!guy about!

I liked writing

I liked writing

stories about

stories about

Kobesh the

Kobesh the

motorcycle

motorcycle

My mum and My mum and dad liked the dad liked the blog and liked blog and liked the picturesthe pictures

The kids were The kids were really engaged really engaged

and enjoyed and enjoyed writing the blog.writing the blog.

I want to build I want to build more games more games

using Kodu at using Kodu at home!home!

It helped me be It helped me be less worried less worried

about coming up about coming up to big school.to big school.

• After television, games consoles are the second most common type of media present in children’s bedrooms.

• 94% of 8-15 year olds have access to a games console in their home.

• 9 out of 10 5-15 year olds have one in their room.• Increased access to the internet at home means that three in

four children aged 5-15 now use the internet at home.• Personal ownership of a mobile phone by children accounts

for one in ten 5-7s (9%), one in two 8-11s (50%) and nearly nine in ten 12-15s (88%)

Children's Media Literacy Review – Ofcom 2010

What do the stats say?

Three 13 year old boys have developed

resources for teachers all over

the world to engage kids to improve their literacy by playing video

games

Games Based Blogging

Games Based BloggingObjectives:•To help develop skills in creativity, self-confidence, critical thinking and new technologies.•To engage students in learning through the use of games.•To improve literacy through creating their own games and then using their imagination to creatively narrate the story behind their game.

•To encourage students to read and write through the use of blogging and the engagement in this through feedback from peers and others all over the world by communicating their ideas to a global audience.

Games Based BloggingWhat did they do?•Created all the resources & lesson plans for teachers all over the world•Selected software for the video games and blogging that is free and easy to use•Piloted the materials and evaluated them.

Kinect

Now it is time to ‘Kinect’ to the audience

‘The road is always better than the inn at the end.’ You can always share in our journey atwww.saltash.net Twitter: @saltashdotnet

www.lodgepark.org.ukTwitter: @lodgeparktc

Finally, enjoy the journey. As Cervantes said…

For further information: [email protected][email protected] us on twitter@chickensaltash@lanky_boi_rayOr at our blogs:www.chickensaltash.edublogs.org www.raychambers.wordpress.com

Thank you

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