Online Games For Business

Online Games for Teaching BusinessConcepts and Ideas

Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D.

www.karlkapp.blogspot.com

LazyWasting

Time

RottingBrain

Anti-Social

Kids ages 8-10 play video games for about one hour every day.

Digital divisions. Report by the Pew /Internet: Pew Internet & American Life. US Department of Commerce

87% of 8- to 17-year old children play video games at home.

Male teenagers play 13 hours of console video games a week.

70 percent of the players of The Sims are women under

age 25

Hottest selling kid’s PC game from May 2004 to July 2006

was Princess Fashion Boutique

Unfortunately, this game highlights a sexist stereotype

So does this game

And this one

Females play 5 hours a week of console games. They make up the majority of PC gamers at 63%.

Almost 43% of the gamers are female and 26% of those females

are over 18.

4 2Gamer 1.0

3

4Gamer 1.0

3Where is my

opponentgoing to go next?

In what direction should I try to move

the ball?

How will the ball bounce off the

wall?

Gamer 2.0

Gamer 2.0

Should I shoot the aliens on the end or in

the middle or all the bottom aliens first?

How long do I have to shoot before an

alien shoots at me?

What is the pattern these aliens are

following?

What actions should I take based on this

information?

Gamer 3.0

Gamer 3.0

Where do I explore first?

What activities are of the most value?

What must I do to achieve my goal?

What variables do I balance to keep my

person happy?How should I

manage my time?

Gamer 4.0

Gamer 4.0 What activities give me the most return

for my efforts?

Can I trust this person who wants to team with me to accomplish a goal?

What can we create together?

254 Institutions of Higher Ed in 37 states have game programs

80% of parents play video games with their children and 2/3 of gamer parents feel playing games brought their families closer

In 2009, 25% of Americans over the age of 50 play video games, an increase from 9% in 1999

Got Game: John Beck and Mitchell Wade (2004)

ProblemSolvers Confident

ResilientMulti-

tasking

InformalLearners

Social

- Realistic simulators for contemporary Leadership Training

- Integrate these games into leadership development programs

- Attempt various leadership structures

-Employees may make hundreds of leadership decision an hour in a game

- Realistic simulators for contemporary Leadership Training

- Integrate these games into leadership development programs

- Attempt various leadership structures

-Employees may make hundreds of leadership decision an hour in a game

Leadership’s Online LabsHarvard Business Review, May 2008

Leadership’s Online LabsHarvard Business Review, May 2008

Defense Intelligent Agency Training

Defense Intelligent Agency Training

America’s ArmyAmerica’s Army

Pharmaceutical Sales SimulationTraining

Pharmaceutical Sales SimulationTraining

Games/Resources

• Hotshot Business• Design a Cell

Phone• Energyville• WISC-Online• Planet Orange• Brainpop• Industry Player• Common Craft• Cyber-Budget• JA Titan

ProtoSphere

Games

• Teach– Problem Solving– Decision Making– Team work– Considering Variables So go play

a game this weekend!

Questions and Resources• www.karlkapp.blogspot.com

– Recommended books– Samples and Examples

• Email: karlkapp@gmail.com

• http://karlkapp.blogspot.com

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• http://www.coffeetycoon.net/

• http://www.nowboarding.us/play.php

• http://www.cyber-budget.fr/