alessa_ed, 10 months ago

@gamingthepast When you talk about #GamingThePastInEd, is it only about video games or do you work in non-digital game development?

gamingthepast, 10 months ago

@alessa_ed Great question! Thanks so much! So tl;dr is that I use both video games and board games in my own classes. While my writing has mostly abt historical video games, I think, analog game analyses in a class setting also works very well w/ the #HistoricalProblemSpace framework I've developed over the past 10+ years or so. My current writing project is actually a book w/ Routledge that focuses a lot on guiding teachers to develop analog games & guide students to dev analog games in class.

alessa_ed, 10 months ago

@gamingthepast That sounds like a great #ProfessionalDevelopment book for #history #teachers. I've been working on a project that is essentially a Carmen Sandiego style quiz game that integrates Google Earth. It definitely needs a bit of finessing, but I'm feeling good about the first draft.

PSchweig86, 10 months ago

@alessa_ed @gamingthepast

Do you think the reliance on and growth/popularity/ease of electronic gaming will eclipse analog games as practical alternatives in the classroom?

Do you plan, in your book, to offer some free, ready-made or easily adaptable games as examples or instant lessons? (I'm thinking of some of the excellent CNA micro-games at https://www.cna.org/centers-and-divisions/cna/ow/gaming-and-integration)

I'm no educator -- just an amateur advocate for games and learning -- but your book sounds fascinating.

gamingthepast, 10 months ago

@alessa_ed Thanks! That sounds great and it's cool you are developing your own materials!