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Public Google Doc: WOW_Learning_Value: Repurposing game structures for the classroom - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 08 Nov 10
     
    I created this spreadsheet in order to track insights about aspects of MMO game play (example is WoW) that might be reconfigured or repurposed as classroom/school learning structures. The object here is not to necessarily use WoW in school but examine which elements of gameplay translate into new and unique learning experiences online or off. PLEASE ADD YOUR COMMENTS TO THE DOCUMENT. Short URL for sharing here: http://tinyurl.com/27sxnxa
anonymous

WoW Learning » networking - 0 views

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    "Fellow Canadian and WoW player Melanie McBride (@melaniemcbride) is composing a Twitter list of educators interested in using World of Warcraft & massively multiple online games for teaching and learning. Get in touch with her on Twitter or check out her list if that's you."
anonymous

Terra Nova: A dissertation distilled into a single blog post /cry - 0 views

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    "I recently defended my dissertation at the University of Washington College of Education, and, as you can guess from this post on Terra Nova, it was on learning in MMOGs. Specifically, I looked at the change in raiding practice of a group of World of Warcraft players as I played alongside them for 10 months. Of particular note, my data is from the early days of WoW, spanning the life and death of a Molten Core (and later BWL and AQ40) group that came together out of a multi-guild alliance. We were on a role-play server, which I think is important to note, given the group's shared values and goals of hanging out and having fun over and beyond itemization and progression. "
anonymous

The WoW Factor -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • For a growing group of educators, the online role-playing game World of Warcraft is a place to go to relax, network, and discover potential learning strategies-- and slay a few monsters if they get in the way.
  • "Does anyone know where to find best practices for a unit on reptiles?"
  • Vyktorea herself belongs to Catherine Parsons, assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction, and pupil personnel services for Pine Plains Central School District in New York state. Parsons is the founder of this "guild"-- a community of game players with a shared interest. Called Cognitive Dissonance and populated entirely by educators from both K-12 and higher education, it meets regularly in WoW's elaborate, monster-laden fantasy adventure world, where members play, share ideas, and explore possible instructional crossover. Parsons created the guild two years ago and now runs it with help from Sandy Wagner, director of technology for New York's Auburn Enlarged City School District.
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  • "Cognitive Dissonance represents for me the moment when you realize your perspective may not be the only one, or what you knew before might not be true or may need to evolve or change based on the new information you have gathered," Parsons says. "For many, the idea that video games might represent some analogy to an effective learning structure, or that there might just be something to using video games in the classroom, is one some educators might consider 'nontraditional.' So what better name than Cognitive Dissonance-- the uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously."
  • anonymous on 08 Nov 10
     
    For a growing group of educators, the online role-playing game World of Warcraft is a place to go to relax, network, and discover potential learning strategies-- and slay a few monsters if they get in the way.
anonymous

WoW in schools - after school program success | LiveScience - 0 views

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    "Constance Steinkuehler, an educational researcher who organized an afterschool group for boys to play, for educational purposes, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game."
anonymous

The Escapist : WoW Developers Discuss changes of Cataclysm - 0 views

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  • Street identifies three main reasons for bringing the apocalypse to Azeroth. First, shock value was a crucial component. Deathwing's awakening is an explosive event for Azeroth. "We were trying to stage an apocalypse here," he says, "and we wanted some crazy things to happen and we knew there were sacred cows that might shock or upset players a bit."
  • anonymous on 08 Nov 10
     
    Street identifies three main reasons for bringing the apocalypse to Azeroth. First, shock value was a crucial component. Deathwing's awakening is an explosive event for Azeroth. "We were trying to stage an apocalypse here," he says, "and we wanted some crazy things to happen and we knew there were sacred cows that might shock or upset players a bit."
anonymous

My second machinima: YouTube - Epic Journey - Travel forms in WoW - 0 views

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    Have you ever wanted to fly? This is just one more thing you can do in a synthetic world that you can't do in reality. This is a montage of my Night Elf druid taking various travel forms in World of Warcraft. I created it in order to share a glimpse of the world through my eyes for those who haven't spent any time there. I created it over the course of a couple of hours using Wegame and Windows Movie Maker. The music is an open license track from CC Mixter (see credits).
anonymous

WoW Game-Play Motivations | PARC PlayOn 2.0 - 0 views

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    In the survey, participants filled out a motivations inventory, focusing on the 3 main game-play motivations identified in earlier research on MMO players. The table below summarizes what is encompassed by the 3 main components of the model. The Achievement branch focuses on different ways of gaining power in the game. The Social branch focuses on different ways of relating to other players. And the Immersion branch focuses on different ways of being part of the story and game world.
anonymous

15 Minutes of Fame: Learn to game, to game to learn | Educators in WOW - 0 views

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    "We've spoken with other groups of academics who band together in guilds, and they don't always progress very far or become truly embedded into WoW's player culture. Is Cog Diss actively raiding? "
anonymous

'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft' | The Onion - America... - 0 views

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    Just like playing world of warcraft - only better!
anonymous

Exploring Virtual Worlds - a set on Flickr - 0 views

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    A gallery of my avatars and explorations of virtual worlds and MMOs
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Youtube: The purpose and importance of music in videogames - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 08 Nov 10
     
    Fascinating commentaries about the sound design, composition and music purposes in World of Warcraft.
anonymous

CBC News - Technology & Science - Breaching the 'magic circle' - 0 views

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    ""It's supposed to be a game," says de Castell. "And a game is supposed to be relatively insulated from the rules and norms of everyday life. And when that is breached, it's not a game anymore.""
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[youtube] World of WifeCraft - 0 views

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    Guys, you want to level up? Are you ready for the ultimate quest?
anonymous

YouTube - PCS Games In Education - 0 views

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    Edelmira Segovia, Doctoral Student at UNCW's Watson School of Education interviews Lucas Gillispie, Instructional Technology Coordinator for Pender County Schools about video games in education and the plans to integrate World of Warcraft into an after-school program focusing on literacy, mathematics, digital citizenship, and 21st-Century skils.
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Wired 14.04: You Play World of Warcraft? You're Hired! - 0 views

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  • But he had an additional qualification his prospective employer wasn't aware of, one that gave him a decisive edge: He was one of the top guild masters in the online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
  • anonymous on 08 Nov 10
     
    "his prospective employer wasn't aware of, one that gave him a decisive edge: He was one of the top guild masters in the online role-playing game World of Warcraft."
anonymous

The Escapist : World of Warcraft Visual History - 0 views

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  • To celebrate the history of World of Warcraft and the imminent destruction of Azeroth in Cataclysm, The Escapist has compiled a visual history to highlight the important milestones and events to date, from the servers opening to the Real ID fiasco last month.
  • anonymous on 08 Nov 10
     
    To celebrate the history of World of Warcraft and the imminent destruction of Azeroth in Cataclysm, The Escapist has compiled a visual history to highlight the important milestones and events to date, from the servers opening to the Real ID fiasco last month.
anonymous

YouTube - History of the Sin'Dorei ( Lament of the Highborne) - 0 views

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  • A tribute to the Sin'Dorei. This video shows The Troll wars, the invasion of the Scourge, the madness of Prince Kael'Thas by allying with Illidan and eventually Kil'Jaeden. Meanwhile, the trolls are building up their empire and are calling for The Gods of Zul'Aman.
  • anonymous on 08 Nov 10
     
    A tribute to the Sin'Dorei. This video shows The Troll wars, the invasion of the Scourge, the madness of Prince Kael'Thas by allying with Illidan and eventually Kil'Jaeden. Meanwhile, the trolls are building up their empire and are calling for The Gods of Zul'Aman.
anonymous

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    "Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how."
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