Game On!

Game On!

Grant:
Instructional Development Fund (IDF)
Academic Year:
2012 - 2013 (June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013)
Funding Requested:
$489.00
Project Dates:
-
Applicant(s):
elikeren
Overview of the Project:
Elementary preservice teachers enrolled in EDU 490 Teaching with Digital Technologies will spend four months exploring how popular video game systems could be used in K-8 teaching and learning. The preservice teachers will spend these months "playing" with the video game systems and evaluating their potential to connect and enhance classroom learning goals. They will report all of their research and experimentation on an iSearch blog (using Kidblog.org) throughout Fall 2012. During the Fall they will develop two lessons plans that would integrate the video game consoles into their student teaching placement, they will present one of these lessons plans at a Gaming Salon in December 2012. Next, the preservice teachers will implement their lesson plans during their student teaching in Winter 2013. Finally the presevice teachers will present their lesson plans, experiences, artifacts, game demonstrations and management ideas at the 2013 MACUL (Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) conference in Detroit.
Final Report Fields
Project Objectives:

1. Preservice
 teachers
 will
 explore,
 evaluate, 
and
 experiment
 with 
everyday 
video
game
 systems
 in
 order
 to 
understand 
how
 gaming 
systems
 may
 be 
used 
to
 meet
 K‐8
 classroom
 learning 
goals 2. Preservice
 teachers
 will
 develop 
lesson
 plans
 on
 using
 video
 game
 systems 
in
 their
 student
 teaching
 placements 3. Preservice
 teachers 
will
 set
up 
and
 implement
 the
 video
 gaming
 system 
in 
their
 student
 teaching 
placements 4. Preservice 
teachers
 will
 apply 
to
 present
t heir 
lesson
 plans
 at
 the
 MACUL
 2013
 conference.

Project Achievements:

The project has been a large success! All 28 of the preservice teachers were able to create lesson plans and present them in a public forum salon at the school of education in December 2013, where many faculty and students were able to attend and try the lesson ideas. 8 of the Interns were invited to present their Game On experiences at the MACUL Conference. 18 of the Interns were able to implement their lesson plans into their student teaching placements. This has not only had a great impact on the student teachers, but also on their mentor teachers and K-8 students, as they continue to implement the video gaming activities started by the student teachers.

Continuation:
Absolutely! The video game systems acquired by the project will be reused with the next group of student teachers in the Fall 2013.
Dissemination:
I am presenting at two conferences about the Game On Project. Two State/National (MACUL & MAME) and one international ( ISTE). In addition, I am working on a paper about the experience!
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