- Edition: 1st
This will be an expanded version of section 3 from Chapter 9 of my book, Choosing and Using Digital Games in the Classroom – A Practical Guide. It will include more background on each strategy, a lesson plan template, and one or more examples of each. To see the list of strategies, check the table of contents of my previous book.
| Strategy | # | Pre-Game | In-Game | Post-Game | Peri-Game |
| 1st TRIP (First TRIP)
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1 | Start of Game; Reading Preview | |||
| 3-2-1 (Three-Two-One) | 2 | Writing Reflection | |||
| Abstracting | 3 | Summarizing | |||
| Action Projects | 4 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| AGO (Aims, Goals, Objectives) | 5 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| AIDA (Analysis of Interactive Decision Areas) | 6 | Analysis, Path Planning | |||
| Alternative Scenarios | 7 | Creativity, Alternative Paths Endings and Scenarios. | Creativity; Reflection | ||
| Anticipation Guide
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8 | Activation of Prior Knowledge, Stimulate Interest | Comprehension Check, Correct Misconceptions. | ||
| Apprenticeships | 9 | Collaboration | |||
| Artifact Strategy | 10 | Research | Targeted Gaming | Analysis | Yes |
| Autobiographies
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11 | Writing; Reflection. | |||
| Before, During, and After | 12 | Activate Prior Knowledge, Monitor Comprehension | Conscious Gaming | Summarize & Reflect | Yes |
| Biopoems
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13 | Writing; Summarize; Reflect | |||
| Cascade
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14 | Comparative Analysis | Analysis; Comparative Analysis | ||
| Case Studies | 15 | ||||
| Checklist | 16 | Targeted Gaming | Reflection | ||
| Collections | 17 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| Collective Notebook | 18 | Anticipatory | Reflection | ||
| Competitions | 19 | Teamwork | |||
| Completed Work Chart | 20 | Anticipatory | Tracking | Reflection | Yes |
| Compositions | 21 | Creative Writing, Music | |||
| Conflict Chart | 22 | Organizational | Targeted Gaming | Reflective | Yes |
| Creative Problem Solving | 23 | Anticipatory | Targeted Gaming | ||
| Critical Incident Questionnaires | 24 | Reflection; Teacher Feedback | |||
| Critique | 25 | Reflection; Critique; Analysis; Interpretation | |||
| CROWN | 26 | Reflection | |||
| Data Analysis | 28 | Research | Targeted Gaming | Analysis | Yes |
| Debriefing | 29 | Reflection, Analysis | |||
| Double Entry Journal | 30 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| DPTA (Directed Playing Thinking Activity) | 27 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| Exit / Admit Slips | 31 | Anticipatory | Reflection, Analysis | ||
| Expectation Outline | 32 | Anticipatory | |||
| Experiments | 33 | Research | Targeted Gaming | Analysis | Yes |
| Fan Fiction | 34 | Interpretation; Creative Writing | |||
| Field Guides | 35 | Organizational | Targeted Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Field Logs | 36 | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | ||
| Field Trips | 37 | Organizational | Targeted Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Find the Fib | 38 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| Find the Rule | 39 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| Flow Charts | 40 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| Game Box | 41 | Yes | |||
| Game Club | 42 | Social; Collaborative | Social; Collaborative | Yes | |
| Game Kits | 43 | Experimentation | Experimentation | ||
| Game Logs | 44 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| Game Pitch | 45 | Presentation | Presentation | ||
| Game Reports | 46 | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | |||
| Game Talk | 47 | Presentation | Presentation | ||
| Guided Practice | 48 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| Independent Playing Programs | 49 | Pre-Test; | Targeted Gaming | Post-Test | Yes |
| Interdisciplinary Teaching | 50 | Yes | |||
| Journal | 51 | Yes | |||
| Justifying | 52 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| Knowledge Rating | 53 | Organizational | |||
| KWHL | 54 | Organizational | Targeted Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Learning Contracts
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55 | Yes | |||
| Learning Stations | 56 | Yes | |||
| Letters From Previous Players | 57 | Organizational | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes | |
| Machinima | 58 | Creativity, Writing, Video | |||
| Muddiest Point | 59 | Organizational | Targeted Gaming | ||
| Olympiads | 60 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| Pair Play or Team Play | 61 | Collective Intelligence | |||
| Paired Annotations | 62 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Playing Out Loud | 63 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| Portfolio | 64 | Yes | |||
| Position Paper | 65 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Possible Dialog / Possible Statements | 66 | Organizational | Targeted Gaming | ||
| Precision Playing | 67 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| Predictions | 68 | Anticipatory | Targeted Gaming | Analysis | Yes |
| PROP Advance Organizer | 69 | Organizational | |||
| Question the Developer | 70 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Recall, Summarize, Question, Comment, and Connect (RSQC2) | 71 | Reflection | |||
| Reflection Logs | 72 | Reflection | |||
| RELATE Table | 73 | Reflection; Analysis | |||
| Relay Summary | 74 | Reflection | |||
| Retelling the Story | 75 | Reflection | |||
| Rewrite the Ending | 76 | Reflection | |||
| Role/Audience/ Format/Topic (RAFT) | 78 | Reflection | |||
| Role-Playing | 77 | Yes | |||
| S.W.O.T. Analysis (SWOT) | 79 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Scale Models and Drawings | 80 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| SCAMPER | 81 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| Screenshots | 82 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| Self-Selected Gaming | 83 | Targeted Gaming | |||
| Send-A-Problem | 84 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Shadowing | 86 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| Shared Gaming | 85 | Social Gaming | |||
| SOAPSS | 87 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Story Maps | 88 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Structured Learning Team Group Roles | 89 | Organizational | Yes | ||
| Supervised Practice | 90 | Supervised Gaming | |||
| TAPPS (Thinking Aloud Pair Problem Solving) | 91 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT) | 92 | Anticipatory | Competitions | Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Through the Eyes of the Enemy | 93 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Value Line | 94 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Video | 95 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Walkthroughs | 96 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| What Would X Do? (WWXD) | 97 | Conscious Gaming | |||
| Who Am I? Why am I? | 98 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Working Backwards | 99 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| Writing | 100 | Organizational | Conscious & Targeted Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |
| YouTube | 101 | Organizational | Conscious Gaming | Writing; Reflection; Analysis | Yes |