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1 A GAMER’S GUIDE TO PARENTING 2014 Congratulations! You are now a proud parent! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ By Carla Fisher, Ed.D.

A Gamer's Guide to Parenting Abbreviated (Carla Fisher)

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Presented as a 5 minute microtalk at GDC 2013. http://gdcvault.com/play/1017779/GDC-Microtalks-One-Hour-Ten

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1A GAMER’S GUIDE TO PARENTING

2014Congratulations! You are now a proud parent!

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By Carla Fisher, Ed.D.

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Grandkid hero

Genre• Multiplayer Strategy Action Adventure Puzzle Sports Racing Rhythm RPG

Features• One of a kind avatar• 18+ years of game play• Natural language processing

Known Issues• Needs extensive QA

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Potty Training with Plants vs. Zombies

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Accumulate 8,000 sun during a singlelevel.

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2Baking Chocolate Chunk

Cookies with

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What I can do What I can dowith help

What I can’t do

Zone of Proximal Development

Wash hands

Pour milk into bowl

Put cookies in ovenPour pre-measuredingredients

Sift flour Measure ingredients

Measure ingredientsEat cookies(and dough)

Roll out cookie dough

Decorate cookies

Read recipe

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> w2032You watch with pride as your child accepts the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.

Your score is 350,472 in 634,124,195,183 moves.

[Hit any key to exit.] !!! Cheesy, heartfelt microtalk thesis statement achievement !!!

New content unlocked

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A GAMER’S GUIDE TO PARENTINGPresents…Coming Soon!

Waiting Until Xmas Morning to Open Presents

Telecommuting andVirtual Team Management

StatisticalRegressionAnalysis

Media Literacyand TransmediaProduction

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A GAMER’S GUIDE TO PARENTINGPresents…Coming Soon!

Inhibition Control

Conquer Performance Anxiety

Hypothesis Testing

Pithy Marketing Copy

Avoiding AirlineChecked-BaggageFees with