by Ed Latham and Olga LaPlante

Serious Games for Social Change

What are the burning issues in your community (as

discussed at home, in newspapers, etc.)?

Create a listCan we classify them?

Are there common themes among your

communities?

ENGAGE

ENGAGE

Think of games you enjoyed as a child or

still do. Why do/did you enjoy them?

What attracts us? How can it be put to use in

education?

EXPLORE

Play at least 3 different games

from the list.

What are the issues presented? What have your learned? What is missing?

How do you think this can be used in the classroom?

EXPLAIN, EVALUATE

Games are very structured. What are the rules in a game? What is the outcome? What makes the game engaging? How can you make sure players are learning?

How can games be rewarding? What are their scoring systems? How do they help create a community in your classroom? How can we leverage games for good?See the demos of creative uses of video games. Video “Layer of Games”

ELABORATE

Design a game, adapt an existing game,

create a lesson activity that uses similar

methods

Evaluate and select a game that you can use in the classroom; create your own game using the available programming software

Logical

Naturalist

SpatialKinesthetic

Auditory

Interpersonal

InterPersonal

Auditory/Musical

Auditory

LinGuistic

Linguistic

Linguistic Linguistic

Auditory

Logical

Interpersonal IntrapErsonal

Kinesthetic

BodilY

Logical

Linguistic

Linguistic

Logical

Linguistic