Christian D. Pirlet

Christian D. Pirlet is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD. He specializes in technology integration in PK-12 settings. His primary focus is the use of digital game-based learning to study student motivation in the social sciences. Prior to entering higher education, Dr. Pirlet spent 14 years in secondary classrooms teaching social studies including current events, AP US history, honors economics, psychology, and American Indian studies. Dr. Pirlet is a member of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and two of its affiliated groups: the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) and the International Assembly (IA).

Publications

Global Awareness in a Rural Secondary Classroom: Minecraft and Macroeconomics
Global Awareness in a Rural Secondary Classroom: Minecraft and Macroeconomics
Christian D. Pirlet. © 2023. 37 pages.
This study focuses on the use of Minecraft: Education Edition as a digital game-based learning (DGBL) simulation to teach macroeconomics to rural secondary students. The study...