Move+Over+Mario

**//Brandi Caldwell//**, Technology Integration Specialist, St. Clair County Schools Professional Blog [|__http://leadbyexample.edublogs.org__] Professional Website [|__http://leadbyexample.wikispaces.net__] Email __brandi.caldwell@sccboe.org__ Skype- dramaqueenteacher Twitter- @mrscaldwell0 **//Presentation Home-//** [|http://prezi.com/iw1xapyv0z14/]
 * = =Move Over Mario! Gaming in the English Classroom = ||= = **2009** = ||

**SREB Conference Objectives:**
 * //6.//** //Develop teachers’ capacity to make reading, writing and mathematics tools for learning in all academic, career/technical and fine arts classes.//
 * //6e.//** //Use technology to advance students’ academic and technical achievement in the middle grades, high schools and// //technology centers.//

**Like Video Game Designers, we are responsible for a quality product.**

 * **Design**

**(Turn and Share—What is your favorite game of all time? Why?**

 * **Raw Materials**

**(Most rewarding—starting with a diamond or a chunk of coal?)**

 * **Manufacturing Process**

**(If you had to think of a theme song for your teaching career, what would it be?)**

 * **Quality Control**

**What do you make?**

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 **Video, Music, and Games for Learning:** List of great learning games for social change http://blog.missiontolearn.com/2008/04/learning-games-for-change/ Feed the hungry and increase vocabulary, grammar, geography, and more [|__http://freerice.com__] Defend against disease, discover Babylon, and more [|__http://www.fas.org/programs/ltp/index.html__] Create and play your own games or these history games [|__http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/fling/__] Download free software to program and create a game or animation [|__http://scratch.mit.edu/__] Advanced software (free) to download and program/create games [|__http://www.alice.org/__] Flash based quiz and game maker templates [|__http://classtools.net/__] Article full of links to games for various subjects (check out Global Warming game) [|__http://www.academiccommons.org/commons/essay/gamesinclassroom__] Blog post showing the advantages of the Flip video camera in the classroom [] Best You Tube videos for teachers [] Easiest way to download You Tube videos to your computer [](in your browser, type PWN before the youtube portion of the address of the video, then click "download")