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Follow on Google News | Learning Games Network And Fablevision Release Innovative Game Design Tool Kit And PD For TeachersFree Game Design Handbook Download Supported by PD Workshops and Game Jams and Created in Partnership with the MIT Education Arcade, Kentucky Department of Education, and Fablevision
Available to teachers as a free download, the Game Design Tool Kit consists of a comprehensive handbook, which includes a lesson plan guide, research and design prompts, and step-by-step instructions and discussion guides that enable educators to coach students through four phases of game design: Explore, Discover, Create, and Share. Teachers lead students through game concept and topical research strategies and activities (Explore), creative strategy and brainstorming discussions and documentation (Discover), paper-prototype production (Create), and lastly playtesting, documentation, and concept presentations (Share). Students learn to think critically, creatively, strategically and conceptually through a fun, structured method with deliverables teachers can evaluate at key milestones during the development process. Additional resources will be added over the coming weeks and months, including video clips, photos, lesson plans, templates, and a detailed game design glossary. Jennifer Groff, LGN’s Vice President of Learning and Program Development, said, “The GDTK immerses teachers and students in collaborative, challenge-based learning projects throughout the school year, encouraging both to explore new ‘roles’ that facilitate student-driven enquiry and design as teachers facilitate new concept development.” The GDTK, implemented over variable periods of time (days, weeks, a quarter or a semester) and across all disciplines, helps teachers make connections between “pre-production” To learn more about the Game Design Tool Kit or for additional information about associated professional development (PD) programs, visit: http://www.learninggamesnetwork.org/ The Learning Games Network, a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’ End
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