Creating Video Games to Build Student Math Brains |
Participate and share : Poster
Carla Chaffin
Do your students like video games? How would they like creating their own video games? This session will show you how students can turn a story into a challenging video game that they build by learning coding and math concepts to take their learning and fun to the highest levels.
Audience: | Library media specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers |
Skill level: | Beginner |
Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
Attendee device specification: | Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC |
Topic: | Computer science & computational thinking |
Grade level: | 3-5 |
Subject area: | Computer science, Math |
ISTE Standards: | For Educators: Learner
Empowered Learner
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Through this presentation participants will understand how computer science, coding skills, computational thinking, and math can be intertwined in core classroom content to meet student learning standards for math and cs and also ISTE and CS state standards. The online software used for this project is affordable and accessible from any internet connected location.
https://emintsedge.weebly.com/
https://computationalthinkingfoundation.org/
Carla Chaffin is an instructional specialist with the eMINTS National Center at the University of Missouri College of Education and Human Development. She has been an educator in K12 schools and at the university level for over 21 years. Carla is currently the principal investigator on a STEM related education grant funded by the U.S. Department of Ed involving coding in the math classroom. She enjoys presenting teaching strategies and sharing ideas to teachers around the world.
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