Taxonomy for Gaming and Learning is located at www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet21/lee.html
Gaming and Learning, Part I
9/17/07
The following are highlights from the Gaming and Learning Professional Development Course Part-I. (Participants – if you need the PPT and did not receive it, let me know.)
Basic resources for Gaming:
Http://del.icio.us/dembe01
http://del.icio.us/seanbanks
http://puritansguidetosecondlife.blogspot.com/2007/06/gaming-and-learning.html
New Tool – Can it make our lives more mobile? It does support social networking and gaming on the go:
• http://event.asus.com/eeepc/
• http://www.eeeuser.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1255
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) to Learning
• Second Life
• Teen Second Life
• Webkizs
• Club Penguin
• Bang Howdy
• Half Life – Excellent physics generator uses real world physics
• RuneScape
• StarWars Combine
• StockMarket Game
• Honoloco
• Amazon Interactive
• Hell in Vietnam
• Art of Murder FBI Confidential
Simulations are another type of gaming and have been used for years. Looking at simulations is exciting because we are beginning to see more and more virtual laboratories appear.
A simulation is an imitation of some real thing, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system.
Two Types
· Downloadable
· Online
Simulation Game Examples:
• Molecular Aspects of Thermal Conductivity
• Cosmic Quest
• Paper Airplane
• Shape Surveyor
• The Bulling Game
• Stop Disasters
• Quest Atlantis
• Restaurant Game Project
• Robot Constructor
• Celestia
• Making History Game
• Wonderville
• Nanoquest
• Gizmos
• Material Worlds Simulator
• NASA Science Simulations
• Growing Scientist Virtual Labs
• Ph Factor
• Rice Lab Simulations
• Frog Dissection
• Interactive Solar System
• DumpTown Recycling
• Design Your own Satellite
• Science Lab and Simulations
Some Basic Resources:
• Virtual Worlds News
• Shih’s Mobile Learning Model
• Simulator Download
• MMMORPG
• Top MMORPG’s
• Free MMOR’s
• 90+ Social Game Sites
• Basic Interactive Activities
9/17/07
The following are highlights from the Gaming and Learning Professional Development Course Part-I. (Participants – if you need the PPT and did not receive it, let me know.)
Basic resources for Gaming:
Http://del.icio.us/dembe01
http://del.icio.us/seanbanks
http://puritansguidetosecondlife.blogspot.com/2007/06/gaming-and-learning.html
New Tool – Can it make our lives more mobile? It does support social networking and gaming on the go:
• http://event.asus.com/eeepc/
• http://www.eeeuser.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1255
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) to Learning
• Second Life
• Teen Second Life
• Webkizs
• Club Penguin
• Bang Howdy
• Half Life – Excellent physics generator uses real world physics
• RuneScape
• StarWars Combine
• StockMarket Game
• Honoloco
• Amazon Interactive
• Hell in Vietnam
• Art of Murder FBI Confidential
Simulations are another type of gaming and have been used for years. Looking at simulations is exciting because we are beginning to see more and more virtual laboratories appear.
A simulation is an imitation of some real thing, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system.
Two Types
· Downloadable
· Online
Simulation Game Examples:
• Molecular Aspects of Thermal Conductivity
• Cosmic Quest
• Paper Airplane
• Shape Surveyor
• The Bulling Game
• Stop Disasters
• Quest Atlantis
• Restaurant Game Project
• Robot Constructor
• Celestia
• Making History Game
• Wonderville
• Nanoquest
• Gizmos
• Material Worlds Simulator
• NASA Science Simulations
• Growing Scientist Virtual Labs
• Ph Factor
• Rice Lab Simulations
• Frog Dissection
• Interactive Solar System
• DumpTown Recycling
• Design Your own Satellite
• Science Lab and Simulations
Some Basic Resources:
• Virtual Worlds News
• Shih’s Mobile Learning Model
• Simulator Download
• MMMORPG
• Top MMORPG’s
• Free MMOR’s
• 90+ Social Game Sites
• Basic Interactive Activities
Again these are just some of the highlight I am posting as per your request. We will be going much further into these areas when we meet for Part II. Reminder: We will NOT be meeting on 9/26. Our next class will be in October. It is tentatively set for 10/10 and we are waiting for a room confirmation. Upon confirmation, I will send all participants an email.
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