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Amazon.com: The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games: How the Most Valuable ... - 0 views

www.amazon.com/...0470462736 guide simulations games resources training books
shared by Jerald Cole on 01 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Jerald Cole on 01 Apr 12
     
    Clark Aldrich's "The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games" is a good complement to Prensky's books on the subject. We require both in our "eLearning Games" course at UB. The instructor of that course directed my to these two resources.
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Marc Prensky - 1 views

www.marcprensky.com education technology learning gaming elearning e-learning prensky
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  • Jerald Cole on 01 Apr 12
     
    Marc Prensky, gaming guru. Author of a popular set of books on the subject.
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A Neurologist Makes the Case for the Video Game Model as a Learning Tool - 4 views

www.edutopia.org/...student-engagement-judy-willis
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  • Chris Dede on 15 Apr 11
     
    behaviorist view on videogames and learning
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Why Socially Enabled Games are Important to Gamers With Disabilities - 1 views

east.paxsite.com/...nt-to-gamers-with-disabilities games technology disabilities
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  • Lauren Farrar on 01 Apr 12
     
    Looks like another interesting panel at PAX East.
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Educating Through Play: The Future of American Education - 1 views

east.paxsite.com/...e-future-of-american-education games play education
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  • Lauren Farrar on 01 Apr 12
     
    PAX East, a gaming convention is being held in Boston April 6-8, 2012 and there seems to be some relevant panels. Let me know if anyone is going!
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Cognitive Flow: The Psychology of Great Game Design - 0 views

gamasutra.com/...ve_flow_the_psychology_of_.php flow video games design psychology
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  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 31 Mar 12
     
    Here is a succinct treatment of cognitive flow and its relevance for game design.
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Nuance Communications Wants a World of Voice Recognition - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...orld-of-voice-recognition.html technology education voice recognition
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  • Jackie Iger on 31 Mar 12
     
    Looking at the future of voice recognition technology.
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Amidst a Mobile Revolution in Schools, Will Old Teaching Tactics Work? - 1 views

blogs.kqed.org/...l-old-teaching-tactics-prevail
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  • Briana Pressey on 31 Mar 12
     
    Professor Dede is mentioned in this article
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I love bees : website mentioned in Kurt Squire's web site - 0 views

www.ilovebees.com
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  • pradeepg on 31 Mar 12
     
    I was intrigued by this rather strange name for a game and looked up the web site. There is also a short video on youtube.
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EA CEO John Riccitiello On Gaming Microtransactions - YouTube - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch exploitation engagement video games
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  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 31 Mar 12
     
    A very short clip about a "great model" in the game industry (microtransactions) that allows EA to take advantage of a player's engagement.
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Why One Hospital is Insisting That Staff Play Games at Work | Caspian Learning : Multi-... - 0 views

www.caspianlearning.co.uk/...t-staff-play-games-at-work.htm games learning hospital engagement 3D immersive
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  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 30 Mar 12
     
    Caspian Learning built an immersive 3D serious game for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity in the UK to increase operator engagement in training to use medical hoists.
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Beyond Student Engagement: Achieving a State of Flow | Edutopia - 5 views

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  • Chris Dede on 29 Mar 12
     
    thoughts about flow
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New U.S. Research Will Aim at Flood of Digital Data - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...-at-flood-of-digital-data.html education technology data
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  • Leslie Lieman on 29 Mar 12
     
    For the data analysts among us... This article mentions the Stanford University online course where every mouse click of 20,000 students is tracked in real time. "If 5,000 people had the same wrong answer, it's obvious a concept is not getting through, and you have a clear path that shows where students went wrong."
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A Surge in Learning the Language of the Internet - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...er-code-gains-a-following.html internet learning code
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  • Tom Keffer on 29 Mar 12
     
    If everyone is learning to write code for the internet, will we see an explosion of new sites, apps, and even games?
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Schools Chief Finalist: Technology Can Engage Students, Not Cut Costs - Barrington, RI ... - 0 views

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  • “Technology should be used as a tool to engage students,” O’Brien said. “Not as a tool to cut teacher costs. It doesn’t replace teachers.”
  • project-based learning.
  • Chris McEnroe on 29 Mar 12
     
    A very interesting profile of a candidate for a Superintendent position.
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Learning Games Network - 1 views

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  • Jing Jing Tan on 29 Mar 12
     
    This organization develops projects that specialize in game-based learning.
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Welcome to Flow in Games - 0 views

www.jenovachen.com/...designfig.htm flow engagement video games
shared by Jing Jing Tan on 29 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • In order to design a game for broader audiences, the in-game experience can’t be linear and static. Instead, it needs to offer a wide coverage of potential experiences to fit in different players’ Flow Zones
  • To expand a game's Flow Zone coverage, the design needs to offer a wide variety of gameplay experiences. From extremely simple tasks to complex problem solving, different players should always be able to find the right amount of challenges to engage during the Flow experience.
  • Once a network of choices is applied, the Flow experience is very much customizable by the players. If they start feeling bored, they can choose to play harder, vice versa.
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  • Expand your game’s Flow coverage by including a wide spectrum of gameplay with different difficulties and flavors Create an Player-oriented Active DDA system to allow different players to play in their own paces Embed DDA choices into the core gameplay mechanics and let player make their choices through play
  • Jing Jing Tan on 29 Mar 12
     
    This article examines how to best create flow experiences in video games. The author argues for 1) including a variety of gameplay activities, 2) allowing players to play at their own paces, and 3) letting players make choices.
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Bringing Up a Young Reader on E-Books - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...a-young-reader-on-e-books.html reading e-books
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  • Lin Pang on 29 Mar 12
     
    Devices like the iPad are new and fun and give children an incentive to read, including those who might be reluctant. It's a new motivation to explore reading. However, the concern is that parents rely too much on them and stop engagement with their young children.
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