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. 

@BlackWaterMS #artsed students give interviews using @GamestarMech as they make their own video game #gbl #edtech

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As the students go through the program, I asked them to reflect upon what they have learned or insights into using the site

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Check out some of the interviews, some of them will give you a basic overview of the site

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And others may tell you what they have been learning as they complete the various episodes

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How Your Students Can Make Their Own Video Game with Gamestar Mechanic

Learn, Play, Create & Publish Your Own Games for Free

Are you being pressured by your Principal to utilize more projects in your classroom based around the STEMS standards? Are your students bored with projects and you have no way to connect with them? Does it seem that

 they only want to talk about how far they made it on the Zombie level of Call of Duty, and not how important your instruction will mean to their future? Well then, look no further because now you will have the opportunity to teach to your students' strengths and interests as they create video games utilizing the free web site - Gamestar Mechanic........

 

If you would like to read more about my latest article on Yahoo's Associated Content, just click the LINK HERE to learn how you can use this awesome web site with your students

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

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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