Learning concepts
What is Problem-based learning
Approach to curriculum and instruction organized around problems or issues for students to solve
What is an Avatar?
An online identity adopted by students and teachers when playing games.
What is Coding?
sequence of written commands that tells a computer what a programmer wants the machine to do.
What is Desktop-based games?
Games that are downloaded to a personal device.
What are Virtual worlds?
online learning environments where students interact as game players.
What is Robotics?
Students and teachers designing, constructing, and using robots as part of a school curriculum.
What is Game-based learning?
Using games to teach.
What is Virtual reality?
Computer-based three-dimensional environments for students and teachers to explore interactively.
What is Makerspaces?
Areas in schools and libraries devoted to enabling students to design, tinker, invent, and construct based on their ideas and interests.
What is Maker-based learning?
Approach to instruction in classrooms emphasizing learning by making.
What is a Simulation game?
Recreations of real-world situations and settings in a game-like format.
What is the Maker Movement?
A do-it yourself community where people create and build objects of all kinds with electronics, robotics, smart materials, and 3-D printers.
What is Stealth learning?
Students learning academic information without realizing they are doing so.
What is Serious games?
Academic learning included within the structure of online or software and app-based game formats.
What is Gamification?
Using game playing to motivate people to use technology for specific purpose, such as buying a product or learning a skill.