It Takes A GuildA Guild of Educators!

Laurence CoccoG.A.M.E. Guild Officer

Director, Office of Educational Technology

New Jersey Department of

Education

G.A.M.E Website

http://g.a.m.e.shivtr.com/

Trish Cloud

Technology InstructorTorrence Creek

Elementary

Mobile GamesIn The Classoom

(really)

Fitting the Niche(positives)

•More schools going BYOT

•Ease of access

•Cost

•No Port Issues

•Wide range of choices

•Often there is a limited free version

Those InevitableNegatives (not

Betrayal)•Not as functional as desktop nor

other platforms (Xbox, PSP)

•Limited connectivity to each other - lose the luster of the MMO

•Difficulty capturing images to communicate fiero moments

Wanna Play?

I’ll Tell You of My Adventures on the

TrailI beat Oregon trail and I’m now on Oregon settlers its super fun you literally start a mini town a big stampede came and ramshackled my town splattering nearly almost every person in my town

Today in the trail I picked some berries, killed some buffalo off the side of the rode. I traveled through the a dust storm! I went over a rough patch of rocks! I died 2 times…. But then I came back to life!!! I am so close!!!I crossed a lot of rivers!

Amanda

My wife finally got sick! Oh no my wagon broke! My wife is better. My kid died today’s randomly killed a Hawk . About to kill my wife, why can’t she die!? Nothing else really happened its like my wife is immortal.

How to Survive YourFirst Night in

MinecraftHow to survive the first night in 10 steps

Posted by Jack 1. Chop down 4 trees to start 2. Make all of the logs into planks 3. Make a crafting table/bench 4. Make a house before its to late! / Make a wooden door 5. Make 8 sticks and make a wooden pickaxe and shovel 6. Go mining for coal 7. Make torches and make a furnace with cobble 8. Make cobblestone sward 9. Kill 3 sheep and make bed (Literaley) 10. Sleep an give yourself a pat on the back, YOU SURVIVED THE FIRST NIGHT!!!

If you have any more suggestions please comment!

Blurring the Line Between Education

and Games

Minecraft PE

RPG/MMO Anyone?

Puzzles

Simulations

Math