EDLA615 Language Arts and Technology

Assignment#3   Use your creativity and imagination, write a game scenario/script for your game design and use narrated PPT or Jing Project (no more than 5 minutes) to present your game scenario/script (you could use image to enhance your game story). Here is the link to my Powerpoint with audio narration. You may need to download Windows Media to play or open with Online Video Converter the Powerpoint and the audio together. https://drive.google.com/a/nyit.edu/file/d/1JHj9lcViYY41wecFGzB8WyhRCZ-6x3Nn/view?usp=drive_web If you have no space on your computer to download the audio Powerpoint, here is the link to the Powerpoint presentation without the audio. https://drive.google.com/a/nyit.edu/file/d/1x20SkCXHyTYNWjwvs85INzat1rmqocB_/view?usp=drive_web

Assignment #2   Write a brief statement on your philosophy of using games in the classrooms (from the teacher and the learner's point of view).          By playing games, students learn by understanding a new concept or idea, take on a different perspective or experiment with different options or variables. For instance, in a classroom where students are divided into small groups, each group is set with a different objective on what to do in their particular group from the instructor depending on the lesson. In return, students are able to communicate and solve problems together by using ideas from the students’ different perspectives in the groups. These groups may include playing games as well, where students who are interested in playing games instead of the teacher initiated classroom instruction, are more motivated to learn based on their increase of interest in the game. Games used in classrooms provide a context for engaging practice where c...