Objectives 
     Objectives 
        Develop one game to use for your 
        Develop one game to use for your 
        audience  
        audience  
        Devise three rules to help structure 
        Devise three rules to help structure 
        your game
        your game
        Name two other games that you 
        Name two other games that you 
        could use in your presentations
        could use in your presentations
      
                                     
                                     
                          Icebreaker
                          Icebreaker
        Please introduce yourself and briefly 
        Please introduce yourself and briefly 
        describe your favorite childhood 
        describe your favorite childhood 
        game
        game
      
                                     
                                     
       What is an educational moment?
        What is an educational moment?
        It is any moment that we are aware
        It is any moment that we are aware
        The only time that we do not learn is 
        The only time that we do not learn is 
        when we shut our awareness of
        when we shut our awareness of
        Can you think of a time when you 
        Can you think of a time when you 
        weren’t aware?
        weren’t aware?
        When education is repeatedly 
        When education is repeatedly 
        focused on learning with very little 
        focused on learning with very little 
        interaction of our senses, then we 
        interaction of our senses, then we 
        stop thinking and we stop learning
        stop thinking and we stop learning
      
                                     
                                     
       Playing Games Can Increase our 
       Playing Games Can Increase our 
                          Awareness!
                          Awareness!
        Games that ofer more choices, are 
        Games that ofer more choices, are 
        more educational:
        more educational:
        For example, 
        For example, 
            *Placing foods in the correct spots 
            *Placing foods in the correct spots 
            on mypyramid
            on mypyramid
            *Comparing prices of fruits and 
            *Comparing prices of fruits and 
            vegetables versus processed 
            vegetables versus processed 
        snack foods
        snack foods
      
                                     
                                     
            Why Use Games to Teach?
            Why Use Games to Teach?
     • They are fun!!!
       They are fun!!!
     • They can lower anxiety which can help with 
       They can lower anxiety which can help with 
       input
       input
     • They are highly motivating!
       They are highly motivating!
     • The use of games involves learning 
       The use of games involves learning 
       opportunities at several levels
       opportunities at several levels