| Summary: | 碩士 === 佛光大學 === 教育資訊學系 === 95 === The purposes of this study were to describe the development process of a Web site called “Educational Game Forge” and to conduct a formative evaluation of the Web site. The Web site focused on offering teachers of first to third graders educational mathematic games and offering teachers PowerPoint game template to integrate technology into classroom settings. Additionally, the Web site also contained other functional areas including: search, contact us, links, and discussion.
The Web site was created following five essential elements or steps (i.e., analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) found in instructional systems design models. The researcher first selected twenty teachers who teach first to third graders in YiLan to conduct needs analysis. The researcher then began to design the site and PowerPoint game templates. After that, the researcher started to develop the site and collect educational mathematics games suited for grades 1 to 3 students. Finally, the researcher used formative evaluation to find out comments on PowerPoint games templates from an expert in educational games and instructional design, opinions about the appropriateness of educational mathematics games from an expert in mathematics education, and remarks on the site from two teachers. The results of the formative evaluation were used to revise the site.
The initial results indicated several points. First, the educational game and instructional design expert believed that PowerPoint game templates could be a very helpful tool for educators. Second, the mathematics education expert thought that the contents of educational games were correct and suitable for students. Finally, teachers reacted quite positively toward the site regarding its attractiveness, correctness, interactivity, transmission speed, adaptability for various users, and usability. In particular, these teachers indicated that the site contained many good games with correct mathematical concepts. They also stated that PowerPoint game templates were easy to use and attractive to students. To them, these templates should be introduced to teachers for wide adoption.
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