Gaming offers the excitement of competition and a clear promise of rewards for accomplishments. It can also help prepare students to win in the real world. What skills are we talking about? Dian Schaffhauser explains 5 gaming skills in detail. Each skill has at least one game example you can try to see if it would work in your situation.
- Connecting Physical Experiences with Learning
- Rising to the Competition
- Working as a Team
- Grasping Systems Thinking
- Compromise and Ileration
Perhaps other skills come to mind when your students play digital games. Share them with us in Comments below.
5 Skills That Games Teach Better Than Textbooks. Dian Schaffhauser. 11.5.14.
THE Journal - Transforming Education Through Technology
http://thejournal.com/Articles/2014/11/05/5-Skills-That-Games-Teach-Better-Than-Textbooks.aspx?Page=2
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