I took a fun walk down memory lane with the games that I used to play when I was a kid. I played a lot of Treasure Mountain, Math Blasters, Munchers and Math workshop. I had forgotten all these games and how much time I used to spend playing them. In the 90s games were much different than they are today. We have come such a long way in the way of design and animation! I think that there are two main takeaways from this experience...games give kids a safe environment to make/ learn from their mistakes and games offer the much needed opportunity to PLAYYYYYYY!!!! the amount of time tinkering, experimenting, and just PLAYING AROUND has diminished a lot and with bringing more games into the classroom students and teachers alike can make the learning experience more engaging and student centered.
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Tess Giner
4/28/2019 01:13:11 pm
I wish I had known about Google's Be Internet Awesome at the beginning of the year. I think we should start with that for the first three weeks. Make is a part of our "practices and procedures" lessons. It is so vital now, especially since we are using the iPads and Chromebooks for more than iRead and S44.
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Scott Marsden
4/28/2019 05:45:25 pm
Caitlin,
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Caitlin Mitchell
4/28/2019 07:19:22 pm
I don't know what happened to the rest of my blog!!!! it disappeared!!! :(:(
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Caitlin Mitchell
4/28/2019 07:21:23 pm
I am going to delete this whole thing and start over.....
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