Schedule
:: Lesson 0 :: Appendix A
Before preparing a demonstration, approve your topic with Dr. Shelton.
Scheduling will be accomplished in class. Presentations need to be
professional and well-prepared. Presentations should last approximately
10 minutes. Present as if you were making a presentation to a
professional meeting.
- Summarize and present your main points using Powerpoint or similar
program, and provide handouts to the class. Include at least the name
of the instructional game, its publisher, and its price.
- Select a game (public or private) that emphasizes either its
effectiveness in teaching its objective, or its lack of effectiveness.
Make sure to explain why you think it either accomplishes its goal(s)
or it doesn’t.
- Evaluate how the game’s designer(s) approached the game. What kinds
of constraints did they recognize? What major design decisions may have
impacted the final product? What might have they done differently?
- Describe how you think the instructional game would be used in a
variety of educational settings. If you can, find out where it is
actually being used, by what type of users, and for what purposes.
- Make suggestions you think would improve the game as an
instructional tool. Lead the class in a discussion of their reactions
to the game.