Accepted to #Iste13 to show off @GamestarMech for Gaming In Education

It is an EXTREME honor to know that my content that I wanted to share about this awesome video game design program got accepted

(check out my previous posts about Gamestar Mechanic)

This is the first time I entered and tried to present at a national conference - so I was extremely happy to hear that this was chosen as a session at the International Society for Technology in Education Conference in San Antonio

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I unfortunately will not be able to attend this year - but I still wanted to take some screen caps and hopefully be able to utilize it for another year. 

Technology Integration Video: Video Game Design with Patterns and Tessellations

Listed above is a video that demonstrates how my students created video games utilizing the free web site Gamestar Mechanic.com

If you would like to read more detailed info such as learning outcomes, standards, summary of findings, you can CLICK HERE on a post for a student sample

 

Not to mention, you can view more in-depth resources by clicking my links to full length videos and posts that I made about my students' learning through this project:

 

Hooking them with Xbox Kinect

Teaching art with video games day 1

Teaching art with video games day 2

Teaching art with video games day 3

Student interviews while making video games

My Classroom Arcade (which already has links to the previous posts in it along with student samples)

You can also view my lesson plan that I used to teach the lesson:

http://prezi.com/8qdggog_t3aa/gamestar-mechanic-instructions/

 

Gamestar Mechanic Instructions on Prezi

Black Water Middle's Video Game Arcade commercial

This is a commercial that I made utilizing Imovie and Jaycut which promotes my website mrgsgames.blogspot.com

Gamestar_Mechanic_Commercial.m4v Watch on Posterous

The commercial is intended to promote the work of my students, and to let other people out there know how easy it is to create a video game utilizing the free site of gamestarmechanic.com. 

And in case you haven't realized it yet, the style of this video was really inspired by 1980's BMX commercials and old school wrestling promos. I hope you enjoy it, play my students' games and make your own using Gamestar Mechanic

I think you can easily see my inspiration from this vintage "Monsters of Rock N Roar" commercial. The theme song is STILL stuck in my head after 20 years!

Play these Art Video Games on my Black Water Middle School Blogger site

CLICK RIGHT HERE (or check out the banner that I created this morning) so that you can play some of the games that my students created using Gamestar Mechanic. One student has made a game that is close to having three hundred people from around the world that have played it this past week alone.

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http://mrgsgames.blogspot.com/

How to Share your homemade video game on Edmodo and a Gamestar Mechanic Prezi

This is a Jing tutorial that I made for my students so that they could learn on how to complete their game and then post the URL on our Edmodo site

Gamestar_Mechanic_Tutorial_-_Share_your_game_on_Edmodo.mp4 Watch on Posterous

 

Also, if there are any teachers out there that would like to do something fun, unique and engaging with your students - I would HIGHLY recommend you check out the site of gamestarmechanic.com.  They offer up some great Teacher Resources as well. What I did was I went through the majority of their teacher resources and I have compiled the majority of the basic game design steps into a Prezi (which is like a PowerPoint on steroids.)  Below is a copy of my Prezi if you would like to use this in your classroom. (It is still a work in progress so be sure to check up frequently)

 

 

 

 

Game Star Mechanic Instructions on Prezi