Choosing and Using Digital Games in the Classroom

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2. Context

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   2. What Is It About Games?

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   3. Digital Game-Based Learning: Learning with Games

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      Pages 25-61

   4. Digital Game Pedagogy: Teaching with Games

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      Pages 63-97

3. Choosing Games

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   2. Commercial Off-the-Shelf Games (COTS)

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   3. A Magic Bullet

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   4. Evaluating Games

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   5. 4PEG in Action

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4. Using Games

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   2. Designing Game-Based Pedagogy

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   3. Game-Based Lessons

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   4. Creating DGBL Lesson Plans and Curricula

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   5. End Game

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   6. Supplementary Materials

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5. Back Matter

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This book presents an in-depth overview of the uses of digital games in education, from K-12 up through post-secondary.  Beginning with a look at the history of games in education and the context for digital games, this book guides readers through various methods of serious game implementation, including the Magic Bullet Model, which focuses on the player's point of view of the game experience.  The book also includes methods of measuring the effects of games in education and guidance on creating digital game-based learning lesson plans.

• Cultural Significance of Games
• DGBL
• Digital Game-Based Learning
• Serious Games
• Traditional vs Digital Games
• Videogames in the Classroom
• learning and instruction

• Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada

  Katrin Becker

Dr. Katrin Becker is an internationally known expert in the design and analysis of Serious Games. With over 30 years of teaching experience in Science, Engineering, Education, and Art, she has taught computer science, videogame design, digital game-based learning, and technical writing. Her teaching innovations have been internationally recognized and she is widely published in the areas of computer science education, educational technology, and digital game based learning, including a book on simulations and games for non-technical people. She designs and develops eLearning in all sectors, and has consulted for various organizations on the use of digital games for instructional purposes. She has designed and developed several educational and advertising games. She is also the author of a book on the technical aspects of simulations and games written for non-technical people.

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