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Descriptors: Activity Units ; Art History ; Social Systems ; Play ; Video Games ; Action Research ; Computer Games ; Educational Games ; Computer Literacy ; Studio Art ; Art Education ; Systems Approach ; Observation ; Course Descriptions ; Elementary School Students ; Middle School Students ; Educational Technology ; Curriculum Implementation ; Interviews Abstract: Having computer skills, let alone access to a personal computer, has become a necessary component of contemporary Western society and many parts of the world. Digital media literacy involves youth being able to view, participate in, and make creative works with technologies in personal and meaningful ways. Games, defined in this study as structured play, provided the foundation for many of the works from 20th century art movements, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, Situationism, and Fluxus.
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It's getting to be that time of year. Your chances of seeing school supply commercials have increased exponentially. Kids are breaking out last year's Elmer's in anticipation of glorious glue feasts. Teens are cramming their entire summer reading into the last week of August.
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Terra Nova is an interdisciplinary weblog about the intersection of society, simulation, and play. We have been posting since September of 2003. A uthors include scholars and practitioners from a variety of disciplines.
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Quest Atlantis (QA) is a 3D multiuser, computer graphics learning environment that utilizes a narrative programming toolkit to immerse children, ages 9–15, in meaningful inquiry tasks (see QuestAtlantis.Org ). Quest Atlantis combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. The project is unique in its goals to combine the best aspects of learning, playing, and helping, as a means to motivate and engage students.
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In 2007 I completed my PhD thesis, enitited ‘An Investigation into the Potential of Collaborative Computer Game-Based Learning in Higher Education’. My research questions were: What is the rationale for using computer games in Higher Education? How can computer games be designed to be usable and enhance learning? How can the educational effectiveness of games be measured?
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on E-learning and Games, Edutainment 2009, held in Banff, Canada, in August 2009. The 56 revised full papers presented together with three related workshops were also held jointly and selected from a total of 116 submissions from 25 different countries. The papers are organized in topical sections on interactions in games, simulation and animation, digital museum and digital heritage, game design and development, social and cultural issues, storytelling and narrative in education, game-based learning/training, VR-based education/training, vision and imaging technology in games, educational robot and toy, and augmented reality in education/training. Content Level » Research
Learning by Playing. Game-based Education System Design and Development
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These talks offer insights, concerns, and inspiration while discussing today’s educational practices and shortcomings, from a variety of perspectives. TED is a nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading”, bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design . If you’re not already a fan of TED, maybe these will open your eyes to this wonderful resource.
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