ender's game 4 edu introduction
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Ender’s Game
and Education #metagame book club
each Wed in Maysubreddit ENDER4EDU
https://www.reddit.com/r/ender4edu/
Metagame Book Club
May 1 - May 31, 2017
Games & Simulations Network
International Society for Technology in Education
Games Playing Games
Talking to Students about GamesGames as conveyors of Digital Literacy and Citizenship
Game Based LearningChoosing the right games for your classroom
Using the right games in your classroom
Game DesignUnderstanding Fun, Flow, and Fiero,
Understanding Game MechanicsStudents as game designers Teachers as game designers
Game StudiesGame narrative and metagame
Information and Technology Literacy
GamificationUsing Game Mechanics
Badges, leaderboards, points and levels
Focus
Wednesdays
9 pm ET
Live Sessions
GOOGLE HANGOUT
Most of the discussion will occur in our
subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/ender4edu/
Overview of the Book Club
How to get started
Go to Metagame Book Club Google site
http://bit.ly/isteendersgame
Getting Started
●Join reddit
●Subscribe to ender4edu subreddit
●Answer the reddit questions
Getting Started
Discussion Qs. r/ender4edu
#Read4FUN
before you start reading
Things to Know
Why Ender’s Game?
Continues our exploration of what future
education systems might look like
Ender’s Game and Education
●Roughly 80% or more of the book occurs in
a school setting
oNorth Carolina
oBattle School
oFairyland / End of the World Simulation (virtual)
oCommand School
oColony
Ender’s Game and Education
Let’s look a little more at these games and
simulations
Let’s share one AR and VR a week….
What educational theory
are they using?
Ender’s Game and Education
Diffusion of innovation?
Technologies?
When does Ender’s Game
occur?
Set in Earth 2195 according to the movie
Not your normal School
●100 years after Bugger invasion that united
planet
●Education system and economy is focused
on preparing for war
Read the Book or watch the Movie?
Next Reddit Question:
Which did you do first?
Intro through Chapter 3
Ender’s Game
Week 1 Readings
Ender’s Game
and Education #metagame book club
each Wed in Maysubreddit ENDER4EDU
https://www.reddit.com/r/ender4edu/