Implementing and Evaluating a District
Game-based Learning Program
Dan White
Anne Larson
Michael Mades
Nathan Grundahl
Mary Headington
Game-Based Learning Basics
What is game-based learning?
How is this different from playing a review game in class?
Start of a Partnership:
Filament Games & Sun Prairie Area School District
● Similar Philosophy
● Support for Teachers
● Mutually Beneficial
● Matches District and
Company Goals
Implementation Step 1: Gameplay
and Professional Development
● Gameplay
○ ID grade levels and CCSS/NGSS
alignment
● Game-Based Learning 101
○ Led by Filament Games
○ Philosophy of game-based
learning and how to
implement all games into
instruction
Implementation Step 1: Gameplay
and Professional Development
● Game Night
○ Time to play and explore the games
○ Discussed the use of games in
instruction
● Game-Based Learning 102
○ How to make games for instruction
Implementation Step 2: Game-Based
Learning in Action
● 4 C’s At Work
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Communication
Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Student Engagement
Embedded Formative Assessments
Connecting Game Play with Content Knowledge
Replaying Levels
Case Study: Planet Mechanic
Games are never going to replace the
teacher, but games are changing how the
teacher teaches.
Mary Headington & Chad Johll
Case Study: Planet Mechanic
● Leveling the Playin’ Field: Student Gaming
in Middle School
Case Study: Planet Mechanic
Gameplay Only
Teacher Instruction
Only
Blend of Gameplay and
Teacher Instruction
Planet Mechanic
Filament Learning Pioneer Program
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Gameplay
Implementing and Evaluating a District
Game-based Learning Program
Contact Information
Anne Larson
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@AnneKLarson20
Michael Mades
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@SunPrairieTech
Nathan Grundahl
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@ngrundahl
Mary Headington
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