Gaming Culture for Computer Science and Engineering Education

How can we harness the power of games for education? In Part 1 of the episode, the podcast explores how the PAX South 2017 gaming conference inspired ideas in better engineering education. In Part 2, we hear from two team members of TEALS, a group supported by Microsoft Philanthropies that was also at PAX. TEALS has been around since 2009, matching volunteer CS professionals with K-12 teachers in schools and developing CS curricula. John Jannone and Brett Wortzman from TEALS explained how they already use games to teach computer science to K-12 students. They discuss how to use game design, content creation, and play to achieve student learning objectives. Mentioned in this episode: • TEALS at Microsoft: https://www.tealsk12.org/ • Apply to be a volunteer for TEALS: https://www.tealsk12.org/volunteers/ • PAX South video game conference: http://south.paxsite.com/ • Convert: https://www.yodeogames.com/products/convert • Happy Chess: http://happychess.net/ • Pixel RU Squared: http://pixel.game/ • Bullet journal method: http://bulletjournal.com/ • Descendants of Erdrick band: http://www.descendantsoferdrick.com/ • Video of full talk, courtesy of Karsten Sethre and audio tech Josef: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1rTnkprCfM • TED talk from Daphne Bavalier “Your brain on video games”: https://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_bavelier_your_brain_on_video_games • Meta analysis on games and learning by Douglas Clark: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0034654315582065 • Civilization (“Civ”) game: https://www.civilization.com/ • Portal 2 game: http://www.thinkwithportals.com/ • Minecraft Forge modding package: https://files.minecraftforge.net/ • Grudgeball review game: http://toengagethemall.blogspot.com/2013/02/grudgeball-review-game-where-kids-attack.html • Settlers of Catan tabletop game: http://www.catan.com/ • Angry Birds game: https://www.angrybirds.com/ • Lightbot game: https://lightbot.com/flash.html • TED talk from Jane McGonigal “Gaming can make a better world”: https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world • TEALS Intro to CS curriculum gitbook: https://github.com/TEALS-IntroCS Our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com. Check out the book and ebook “Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games” by Pius Wong, on Amazon, Kindle, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook, and other retailers: http://www.pioslabs.com/improv4design.html