Key Terms 1
Games that are downloaded to a personal device
What is desktop-based games?
Applying prior knowledge and critical thinking
What is problem solving?
Using games to teach academic content to students
What is game-based learning?
Issues that do not have easy or simple solutions
What is ill-structured problems?
Sequence of written commands that tell a computer what a programmer wants the machine to do
What is coding?
Computer-based three-dimensional environments for students and teachers to explore interactively
What is Virtual Reality (VR)?
Approach to instruction in classrooms emphasizing learning by making
What is maker-based learning?
Approach to curriculum and instruction organized around problems or issues for students to solve
What is Problem-based learning?
Recreations of real-world situations and settings in a game-like format
What is simulation games?
A technology process in which machines produce three-dimensional solid objects based on coded instructions
What is 3-D printing?
Using game playing to motivate people to use technology for specific purposes, such as buying a product or learning a skill
What is Gamification?
Online identity adopted by students and teachers when playing games or participating in virtual reality simulations
What is Avatar?
Students and teachers designing, constructing, and usung robots as part of a school curriculum
What is Robotics?
Online learning environments where students interact as game players, often through the use of avatars
What is virtual worlds?
Knowing how to use data, models, simulations, and algorithmic thinking to formulate and solve problems
What is Computational thinking?
Students learning academic information without realizing they are doing so; often embedded in game play
What is stealth learning?
Software that allows teachers and students to create an object and make it do things in response to programmed instructions
What is object-oriented programming?
A do-it0yourself community where people creat and build objects of all kinds with electronics, robotics, smart materials, and 3-D printers
What is Maker Movement?
Areas in schools and libraries devoted to enabling students to design, tinker, invent, and construct based on their ideas and interests
What is Makerspaces?
Learning or entertainment activities, often featuring virtual worlds, avatars, and competition for points and a winning score
What is Computer- and web-based games?