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Playing: Skyrates
After reading about the game, I have to say I’m a little interested, so I’m signing up and taking off. I’ve created my avatar (which I can’t seem to find to share with you but it’s a rather groovy...
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Questions for the First Person Learner project
I’ve spent a good part of the day exploring the fascinating Fuchs-Eckermann project (more on this soon) and I know it’s been good because it’s brought up a number of questions that I think are going to...
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Quick project update
This project is doing my head in a little – but in a good way. The simple premise that I started with – that I want to see how it might be possible to use FPS style games for learning – has twisted and...
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Creating the First Person Learner: Educational Applications of the First...
Creating the First Person Learner: Educational Applications of the First Person Shooter game genre. Abstract Many students’ initial experiences of Vocational Education and Training (VET) involve...
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Plants vs Zombies – lessons from casual games
Casual gaming wunderkinds Popcap have just released their latest game, Plants Vs Zombies. It takes the classic Tower Defense game mechanism of placing a variety of offensive and defensive objects in a...
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A chat about games in learning and the line between fun and learning
I had an interesting discussion over Google Talk this morning with Leonard Low, one of my edu colleagues here in Canberra about games and education that started by discussing games on the iPhone. Hope...
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HighScore House – Gamifying chores – update
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was going to try out HighScore House – an online system for tracking and rewarding kids (and parents I guess) for household tasks. We’re still tweaking the...
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