How to Create an Educational Game &

How to Create an Educational Game &
Submit it to the PBS KIDS Stream of the
National STEM Video Game Challenge
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Agenda
a. Welcome: David Lowenstein (PBS) & Pam Johnson (CPB) - 10 minutes
i. Review of the PBS KIDS STEM Challenge website
ii. Review of the PBS KIDS Math Framework
iii.Review of a PBS KIDS math game that maps to the math framework
b. Using Gamestar Mechanic To Create Your Own Original Math Game for
Children Ages 4-8: Brian Alspach & Katya Hott (E-Line Media) – 40 minutes
i. Using Gamestar Mechanic to create a math game for the PBS KIDS
Stream of the STEM Challenge
ii. Registering for the National STEM Video Game Challenge
iii.Choosing the PBS KIDS Stream
iv.Submitting your math game to the PBS KIDS Stream of the National
STEM Video Game Challenge
c. Upcoming Events & Questions – 10 minutes
Welcome
David Lowenstein
Senior Director, Ready To Learn - PBS
Pamela Johnson, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Ready To Learn - CPB
Review of PBS KIDS Stream Website
http://pbskids.org/stemchallenge/
Review of PBS KIDS Math Framework
http://pbskids.org/stemchallenge/media/stemchallenge-math-framework.pdf
Review of a PBS KIDS Game That Maps
to the Math Framework
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/busyday/drive/
Using Gamestar Mechanic to Create Your Own
Original Math Game for Children Ages 4 - 8
Brian Alspach
EVP, General Manager - Gamestar Mechanic,
E-Line Media
Katya Hott
Learning Content Producer, E-Line Media
Using Gamestar Mechanic to Create a Math
Game for the PBS KIDS Stream of the STEM
Challenge
www.gamestarmechanic.com
Gamestar Mechanic Pedagogy
Gamestar Mechanic Teacher Site
gamestarmechanic.com/teachers
The Elements of Game Design
Explore Gamestar
Relate this game to the PBS Math
Framework
NUMBERS & COUNTING
Understanding how many, order, or position and number words
Comparing Sets of Numbers
Compare two numbers or two sets of objects and determine which is
greater or less than by counting or estimating or using a graph
1. Registering for the National STEM Video Game
Challenge
2. Choosing the PBS KIDS Stream of the National
STEM Video Game Challenge
3. Submitting Your Math Game to the PBS KIDS
Stream of the National STEM Video Game
Challenge
www.stemchallenge.org
PBS Station STEM Challenge Events
WUSF – Tampa, FL
USF Engineering Expo
February 17th & 18th
Register: http://expo.eng.usf.edu/registration.php
TPT – Twin Cities, MN
STEM Video Game Challenge Workshops
February 18th
Register: http://www.tpt.org/?a=videoGameChallenge
WBGU – Bowling Green, OH
STEM Video Game Challenge Student & Educator Workshop
February 24th
Register: contact Kelly Partin ([email protected])
Thank You!
Questions?
David Lowenstein, PBS
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Brian Alspach, E-Line Media
[email protected]
Pam Johnson, CPB
[email protected]
Katya Hott, E-Line Media
[email protected]