Creating Video Games in a Middle School Language Arts Classroom: A Narrative Account

Autor/in	Oldaker, Adam
Titel	Creating Video Games in a Middle School Language Arts Classroom: A Narrative Account
Quelle	In: Voices from the Middle, 17 (2010) 3, S.19-26 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1074-4762
Schlagwörter	Video Games; Middle School Students; Language Arts; Teaching Methods; Grade 7; Adolescent Literature; Essays; Writing Assignments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Sprachkultur; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht
Abstract	This article describes the author's experience co-facilitating a project for which seventh-grade students designed and created original video games based on Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time". The author provides an overview of recent literature on video game implementation in the classroom and explains how the project was designed and facilitated, how student engagement changed over time, and how learning outcomes (both expected and unexpected) were assessed. He also reveals how students were encouraged to reflect on the learning process through writing a narrative essay and completing a survey, and concludes with a call for more quantitative research on the topic of using game play for learning purposes. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Council of Teachers of English. 1111 West Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Tel: 877-369-6283; Tel: 217-328-3870; Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10