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The Gaming Brain and
Knowing Our Learners
VIDEOGAMESMATTER
Matthew Winner
Teacher LibrarianBusyLibrarian.com@MatthewWinner
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the cake is a lie.
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WHY Do
video games
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MATTER?
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apetalk
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How can we use video games to engage our learners, to deepen their understanding of key concepts, and to support their adverse needs as lifelong learners?
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games make us more productive
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work
meaningful
work
meaningful
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games make us more creative
problem solvers
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failsfails
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.games improve
perseverance
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flow flow
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games build
resource management
skills
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stress
through
Limitation
stress
through
Limitation
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.games give us
communal affinity
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tribetribe
#CoenMasterBuilder
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.games improve
resilience
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communicationCommunication
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.games help us
improve our strengths
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find
another
way
find
another
way
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.games are
fun!
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homework
assignment:1. go play a video game
2. consider how the
experience could
enhance your
instruction or
engagement of learners
3. talk to a kid
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that’s
VIDEOGAMESMATTER
Matthew Winner
BusyLibrarian.com
@MatthewWinner