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Here is a design process you can consider when developing an educational game for use in a school setting. A work plan for the development of an educational game prototype can be divided into three phases. To create the prototype, a team should use an iterative design process involving feedback from subject matter experts, students […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →A while back, PBS did a series on video games called The Video Game Revolution and they created a companion web site. One article on the site takes apart some common myths about video games. Check out Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked for yourself, in the meantime, here is small sampling of […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →A movement in brewing to change all you do in your corporate and personnel life into a game. Check out this talk by the author of “The Art of Game Design” and absorb his concepts of games and gamification. Of course there are always counter arguments. Here is a a Slideshare counter argument: Sixty-two Reasons […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →If you are thinking of creating an educational game but don’t want to invest a lot of money, you can try out these free software programs (or free for 30 days in some cases), some are 2D and some are 3D. Also, if you are in a large organization and thinking of implementing a “serious […]
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Leave a Comment (6) →There have been a number of interesting development in term of Google and social game purchases and game related initiatives. Here are some recent highlights; Google purchased a company called Slide, an app developer that works with popular social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to create community-driven entertainment applications. The deal is worth a […]
Continue Reading →Here is a list of educational games that can be used to teach kids during the school year or over the summer break. Here are some games based on Nobel Prize winning research. These games cover the topics of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, peace and economics. This game teaches about Nobel Prize winning Chemistry […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →First came the Wii-Motes which revolutionized video game controllers. Now we have Project Natal which makes your entire body a controller. Sure, we had an early attempt at this technology with Sony’s EyeToy but it was a little clunkie and never really caught on. But now Microsoft has teamed up with Steven Spielberg for an […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →This week President Barack Obama launched a new “Educate to Innovate” campaign. This initiative aims to increase science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) literacy among students in US educational institutions. As part of that initiative, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), Microsoft Corporation, and […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Lately it seems as if I have been doing a number of interviews, I was interviewed over at The eLearning Coach on the topic of Games and Simulations. Stop over and check out the interview. It was a lot of fun. Also, here is the second part of the interview (it was so long it […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is a chance for you to step into the role of a Somali Pirate in Wired’s Cutthroat Capitalism. The folks over at Wired have created an interesting game to “teach” people stories in the news, the idea is that someone can better understand the news story of the Somali pirates by understanding their motivation […]
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