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To start with, when creating an educational game, the various skill levels of current and future players must be considered. The approach taken to motive and attract a new or novice player needs to be different from the approach used to hold onto players who consider themselves masters of the game. For a novice, an […]
Continue Reading →Here is an educational game and community you may have heard about called Gamestar Mechanic. Gamestar Mechanic is a game and community designed to teach kids the principles of game design and systems thinking in a highly engaging environment. It includes three levels: Play. Gamestar Mechanic features a rich single-player Quest where players learn the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Check out the good information about games and implementing games into the classroom from two great Google Tech Talks. Here is a great talk about how to get games into the traditional educational establishment by Victoria Van Voorhis. The second is from that well known game design person Ben Sawyer–who helped to found the Serious […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →With all the politician in DC trying to balance the budget, I bet I can do a better job, and I get the chance with this neat little game that lets me get a taste of balancing the United States Budget. Play it and you can enjoy creating your own plan for the federal budget. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Yesterday, I posted an article about the over 60 set and how video games help to keep them sharp. (Staying Sharp with Video Games). After I did that Rajneesh left a comment inquiring if the same was true for youngsters. It is. Here are some results from a study that examined the question of problem […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In an interesting study, a slightly older group of 40 non-gamer adults in the Forty Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, community, with an average age of 69, was randomly divided into two groups. The lucky group was asked to play the real-time strategy game, Rise of Nations Gold Edition (RON). RON combines the speed of real-time gaming and […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →For a while I have been stealthy working on a book titled “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” Here is some leaked info about the book…look for it in Spring 2012 The first chapter introduces terminology. What is a game? What is gamification and what does that mean to faculty members, college instructors, instructional designers […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Abstraction of Concepts and Reality Imagine trying to duplicate all the complexity of running a major city, creating an amusement park or gearing up for a military assault. These are involved and complicated processes and the backdrops for a variety of engaging and fun games. Games based on this complex subject matter work, not because […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is an announcement from Big Brainz that I think is of interest, also, if you’d like to link to Big Brainz click here. DIVISION EXPANSION PACK NOW AVAILABLE At last! The Division Expansion Pack includes the same great Timez Attack entertainment, but incorporates all new curriculum that ensures instant recall of division facts. To try […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are some random game development considerations pulled from research: The beneficial effects of games and simulations were most likely to be found when specific content was targeted and objectives precisely defined. Games can provide knowledge increases in learners Games tend to be more motivating than traditional instructional design Instructional games should be embedded in […]
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