Thursday, December 25, 2003

 
Board Game Designs from EDTEC 670
Posted 2:19 PM by Bernie Dodge on EDTECH Beach http://edweb.sdsu.edu/etbeach/index.html
My 670 class is a particularly creative bunch this year. As their first foray into game design, they developed Board Games, a task that at first seems simple. As they burrow more deeply into the design process they come to see that the tradeoffs between fidelity and simplicity and between educational impact and fun are interestingly complex. I was particularly impressed by:

Paleotopia, a game based around a dinosaur dig site;
Formula Trap, which brings area and perimeter to life;
Culture Savvy, which makes learning Hofstede's Five Cultural Dimensions fun;
Parse Game, which covers sentence parsing for linguistics students;
Feed Your Face, a nutrition game; and
Give & Take, a game of math facts.

I frequently get email from people who stumble on these designs and want to buy a copy of the actual games. I think many of them are better designed than a lot of commercial games labeled "educational".

posted by Sue Thursday, December 25, 2003

Wednesday, December 17, 2003

 

Xmas Sites
posted by Sue Wednesday, December 17, 2003

 
Remember the Wright Brothers' historic flight with these lesson plans and resources for both students and teachers

The Wright Brothers

posted by Sue Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

 
Xmas Scavenger Hunt Cut and Paste answers into word document!!!
posted by Sue Wednesday, December 10, 2003

 
Optical Illusions A collection of perplexing optical illusions! There are 23 teasers here for
you to enjoy.


Can you see three faces here?
posted by Sue Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Monday, December 01, 2003

 
Spelling Ticklers offers almost four dozen different activities to improve
the use of language. Teachers of all grade levels will find something
useful here.
Spelling Ticklers
posted by Sue Monday, December 01, 2003