Week+Four


 * **Date** || **Reading/Video Assignments** ||  || **Activities**:Last week we focused on learners and digital literacies. This week we look at the teacher experience and we start looking at educational games. Please note that each task should be completed within the assigned due dates, where applicable. || **Due Dates** ||
 * Week 4 Sept.12th || This article examines teacher's views on effective technology integration

Dr. Pea has written an excellent article on scaffolding learning

James Gee on video games and assessment



TPACK: I realize that this article is focused on K12 education, but I argue that it is just as applicable to higher education and adult learning.

||  || # Minute Paper don't forget to label it Week 4.
 * 1) Continue working on your learning experience in Google Docs. Make sure you ask for feedback from your peers. You should let them know what type of feedback you would like to have: for example, does it make sense, what suggestions do you have for good technologies to enhance the learning experience, etc. It is important that you get the type of feedback that is most useful to you, so make sure you ask for it.
 * 2) Introduction to Alice, a free programming software to create educational games, developed by Carnegie Mellon University.
 * 3) **Go to [|Alice.org] and download Alice 2.2**. You should also browse the site and make yourself familiar with the program and its purposes.
 * 4) **Next, you should complete the Alice tutorial** and then start thinking about your own simple game.
 * 5) What simple game could you construct that would be of benefit to you and your learners? Post your idea on your Google Doc that contains your project description. Will Alice be useful to you in your project? Or is it useful only to the extent it is now another learning tool you have at your disposal?


 * Make sure you complete all tasks listed**. || Sept. 19th, to the extent possible. ||

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