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Have neglected this storeroom and my choked up bloglines feeds for quite some time. Came upon two posts by Christopher D. Sessums@eduspaces.net. One post was him brainstorming on possible exams questions for his summer "Introduction to Ed Tech Course" (with many excellently practical questions), qn 10 was on "Serious Gaming" which used Neuromatrix, a new educational video game designed to teach neuroscience to 9-15 children. In his other post on a brief look of video/computer games, there's a comprehensive review of Dodlinger's (2007) literature review on elements that promoted learning.
As a gamer myself for over 15 years (until recent shifting of priorities to work n family), I would definitely love to engage students in games and learning CL as they play the games. Have not seen ed. games like Neuromatrix in Chinese yet. When will such games materialise, next 10 yrs perhaps? And in the meantime, any chance of learning CL while engaging in non-CL games? *hmm*
darren will surely love this but he's not in these 2 days :|
Shared by Shuhua studying in HKU, this game adapted the concept of UNO, and replaced the numbers/symbols with Chinese characters instead. The game is streamed via an Electroserver. Try it today, and if you would like to develop your own web-based flash games, check out this Flashkit forum.
Klik and Play is an object oriented programming environment, free for use in school activities. Simple games can be easily created by absolute beginners. With more experience and by devoting some time to studying the manual, quite elaborate shoot-the-badguys or destroy-the-aliens type of games can be created. [extracted from Introduction@Klik & Play Home.
The developer's home page (Clickteam) goes here, and for comprehensive user guides, visit the Klik & Play Home.
Download your own copy and create some interactive games today :)
This Aug/Sep 05 issue of Innovate focuses on the role of video game technology in current and future educational settings. I'm sure Darren will find it useful. Blog it first ;-)
Articles within:
What Would a State of the Art Instructional Video Game Look Like?
by J. P. Gee
Epistemic Games by David Williamson Shaffer
What Can K-12 School Leaders Learn from Video Games and Gaming? by Richard Halverson
simSchool: The Game of Teaching by Melanie Zibit and David Gibson
Changing the Game: What Happens When Video Games Enter the Classroom? by Kurt Squire
Game-Informed Learning: Applying Computer Game Processes to Higher Education by Michael Begg, David Dewhurst, and Hamish Macleod
The Design of Advanced Learning Engines: An Interview with Clark Aldrich by Joel Foreman and Clark Aldrich
Places to Go: Apolyton by Stephen Downes
Free educational games are available from Sheppard Software.
Check out the Web games if do not want any download :)
The "FREE" policy can be found here.
[source: edugadget]
