Subject: ICTs in English
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- From: Judy Lymbery <Judy.Lymbery AT vuw.ac.nz>
- To: "'ictenglish AT lists.tki.org.nz'" <ictenglish AT lists.tki.org.nz>
- Subject: RE: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 +0000
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Hi All I have been doing some research into the use of games for learning as part of a PhD and thought this link would be of interest. The rest of the world appears to be supporting the use of games for learning, so the comments from the NZ principals came as a real surprise. Are we all on the same page in understanding the terminology being used here. Are we gamifying education, using video games to teach skills or using video games for entertainment in the classroom? Check out this link about games and learning http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog/entry/why-teachers-use-digital-games-why-schools-teach-gaming/
I would love to hear peoples comments. Judy Lymbery Lecturer School of Psychology and Pedagogy Te Kura Mātai Hinengaro Tikanga Mātauranga Victoria University PO Box 17-310 Karori Wellington +64 4 463 9564 0274522621
From: ictenglish-request AT lists.tki.org.nz [mailto:ictenglish-request AT lists.tki.org.nz]
On Behalf Of edwin mcrae
Hi Nick and Malcom,
You've reminded me of an excellent 'interactive movie' game called The Curfew. It explores similar 'individual vs government' issues as 1984 or 'V for Vendetta'. I've yet to build a unit around it, but I think it'd be great for analysing visual text and critical thinking.
cheers, Edwin
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Malcolm Law <malcolm.law AT xtra.co.nz> wrote: On 11/05/2012 2:40 p.m., Nick Wilson wrote: Not sure if anyone's mentioned gamefroot yet, but it's a very simple yet effective browser-based game design tool. And it's free! Plenty of preset textures to use as well as the ability to create your own images and upload them. And it's free!
Lots of potential here for students of all abilities to create a playable game that demonstrates their ideas - students could show their knowledge of a text and deeper ideas by creating images of symbols from the texts and including them in the game.
Think of the potential!
The To Catch a Mockingbird Game - stomp on injustice and racial inequity as you race to save Tom Robinson.
The Catcher in the Rye Game - a baseball game in an overgrown field (I haven't read this one - is this what Field of Dreams was based on?)
The Hunger Games Game - actually, there's probably a pretty good reason there isn't already a game about this...
Check it out!
Nick Wilson -- I suspect, Nick, your post is made tongue in cheek.
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- [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, Hamish Chalmers, 05/02/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, David Young, 05/03/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, Nick Wilson, 05/11/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, Malcolm Law, 05/13/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, edwin mcrae, 05/14/2012
- RE: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, Judy Lymbery, 05/15/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, edwin mcrae, 05/17/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, Judine Ladbrook, 05/17/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, Barbara Reid, 05/17/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, Judine Ladbrook, 05/17/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, edwin mcrae, 05/17/2012
- RE: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, Judy Lymbery, 05/15/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, edwin mcrae, 05/14/2012
- Re: [ICTs in English] Weekly update, April 17 - 23 - More Computer Games!, Malcolm Law, 05/13/2012
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