Gamestar Mechanic is a way that teachers are bring the familiar world of gaming into the academic classroom for students to discover and implement critical 21st century skills. Through programs such as Gamestar and Scratch, students use critical thinking skills, problem solving, creativity, collaboration and digital media literacy. The focus of Gamestar is to design games rather than computer programming. When students have the tools to create a game on their own, they are motivated to learn ways to improve their game. Gaming can be used across the the curriculum. ELA teachers can have students create game scenarios based on character creation and formulating a plot. The possibilities are endless when students create scripts for games and stories that help express their imaginations.
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