1. What gaming elements provide users the learning content and how?
Gaming Literacy
It is quite evident that digital gaming is already making headway in education. Despite what cynics say about gaming, in the classroom, it can have a significant and positive impact on students. Many of the techniques like choice, challenge, control, collaboration, constructing meaning and consequences can be used to motivate students intrinsically or extrinsically. Furthermore, I believe that other elements like Mystery, Action, Challenge Being at risk, the uncertainty of outcome, the opportunity for mastery, the visible signs of progress and the emotional content are the driving forces behind the success of gaming. Gaming is that tool that all educators can use to keep students engaged and actively participating in their own learning. To me, the more engagement students have, there is a greater motivation in the learning process.Therefore, instead of trying to dissuade them from gaming, we as educators can make the most of students’ passion by creating easy access to gaming.
Text: The myths are everywhere about gaming but it is clear that gaming can be used to develop new learning environments. It is not a brainless activity like many believe, in fact it is a transactional process that occurs between readers, text, and context to promote critical thinking and problem solving. According to Hsu and Wang; “players need to be able to read text to understand the information presented in the games and they are provided with immediate feedback that helps the players understand rules or functions, narrates the story,and enables characters to converse with one another. Furthermore, in gaming the players need to identify the main idea of textual information and use their prior gaming knowledge and experience to construct meaning and progress through the game.
Visual-graphic elements:The visual graphic element determine the look and feel of the game and make it all the more desirable for children to play. More importantly, the players need to be able to see and interpret the meaning attached to the graphics and animations. They also allow players to have choice and control over what they will do with any new information they receive and help them develop a faster stimulus-response, foster learners’ spatial skills, and detecting information in the visual environment.
Audio elements: To me, a video game’s sound design is one of the most important factors when playing a game. The elements are used to make the gaming experience entertaining and interactive. They serve to immerse the player in the game through dialogue, thematic music, and sound effects. Moreover, game audio and sound design plays an important role in creating a lasting, memorable gaming experience.
2. What is the goal of the game? The name of one of the games my five year old loves is Splash Math (https://www.splashmath.com/teacher/home).The goal of the game is to provide a personalized learning path and practice unlimited Math problems. It gives a real-time reports dashboard and provides exciting and engaging math practice for students.
3. What are the rules of playing this game? The rules of the game is very simple, there are several categories that the child can choose from. Once he selects a category for example Numbers to Ten, Adding or counting with counter, he has to master several skills before moving on. Each activity has several questions that he has to answer, if he gets the answer wrong he gets three chances before the game give him the correct answer. If he gets it right, he is congratulated and given another question.
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