Making School a Game Worth Playing

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<p>Integrate game-based learning for 21st Century skills success!</p> <p>Kids today live in a digitally connected world. Prepare your students for the new global economy by leveraging the technology they love and understand best. This straightforward, easy-to-follow guide helps you build essential 21st Century skills using digital video games. Ryan Schaaf and Nicky Mohan provide a cutting-edge, research-based approach - built around time-honored instructional practices. Step-by-step strategies help you easily find, evaluate, and integrate digital games into your existing lesson plans or completely redesign your classroom.</p> <p>This practical guide helps teachers use well-designed game elements to: </p> Promote meaningful student buy-in Create student-centered, collaborative learning spaces  Teach and assess 21st Century Fluencies aligned to Common Core State Standards Address multiple intelligences using research-based strategies   <p>Includes a detailed implementation outline, a revised Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy oriented to game content, summarized notes, and a reading list for engaged, adventure-filled learning!</p> <p>"This book is easy to read, offers strategies that are easy to implement, and inspires a sense of urgency for educators to modify our teaching techniques to include more gaming in our classrooms. It is useful for teachers of all experience levels."<br/> —Carrie Trudden, Educational Technology Teacher <br/> Howard County Public School System, Clarksville, MD</p> <p>"Schaaf and Mohan  present gamification as a powerful tool for engaging learners and for the development of 21st-century fluencies, organized in levels as in the games it describes. This book is rich in resources for finding, evaluating, implementing, and designing classroom games."<br/> —Danea A. Farley, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Technology <br/> Notre Dame of MD University</p>