Gaming in Gaming in English?English?No Way!No Way!Beth Ritter-GuthBeth Ritter-Guth

Lehigh Carbon Community Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeCollege

bguth@lccc.edubguth@lccc.edu

Road MapRoad Map

PedagogyPedagogy EduFrag ProjectEduFrag Project Current UsesCurrent Uses CreationCreation ResourcesResources QuestionsQuestions

EduFrag ProjectEduFrag Project

Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley, Drexel Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley, Drexel UniversityUniversity

UnReal Tournament 2004UnReal Tournament 2004 Non-Commercial (free, no weapons)Non-Commercial (free, no weapons) Commercial (cost, weapons)Commercial (cost, weapons)

Open Source GamingOpen Source Gaming http://edufrag.wikispaces.comhttp://edufrag.wikispaces.com

Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley & Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley & Drexel Chemistry StudentsDrexel Chemistry Students

The Power of GamesThe Power of Games

PedagogyPedagogy Do Games work?Do Games work? SHOULD games work?SHOULD games work? http://collegeenglish.wikispaces.comhttp://collegeenglish.wikispaces.com

/gaming/gaming

Current UsesCurrent Uses

ChemistryChemistry EnglishEnglish PhysicsPhysics

The Basics of RacesThe Basics of Races

Each Room has 4 “doors” (“slides” or Each Room has 4 “doors” (“slides” or “maps”)“maps”)

Each game can have up to 20 roomsEach game can have up to 20 rooms Each room has 3 wrong statements and one Each room has 3 wrong statements and one

true true Right Choice = Next RoomRight Choice = Next Room Wrong Choice = Study Room (or death)Wrong Choice = Study Room (or death) First Finished Wins First Finished Wins

PrizesPrizes PointsPoints

Slide CreationSlide Creation

Use PaintUse Paint DoorsDoors must be 256 color bitmap files must be 256 color bitmap files

256 x 256 pixels. 256 x 256 pixels. Save as Save as true001.bmptrue001.bmp or or false001.bmpfalse001.bmp 20 Room Maze20 Room Maze

20 True Statements20 True Statements 60 False60 False Not Connected (not multiple choice)Not Connected (not multiple choice)

Study DoorsStudy Doors

Use PaintUse Paint Create Four Study SlidesCreate Four Study Slides Save as Save as study001.bmpstudy001.bmp

Tips and TricksTips and Tricks

Keep Text SimpleKeep Text Simple Proofread (Paint has no Spell Checker)Proofread (Paint has no Spell Checker) Edit, Edit, EditEdit, Edit, Edit Test Game on several PC ScreensTest Game on several PC Screens Share Games on EduFrag wiki and Share Games on EduFrag wiki and

blogblog http://edufrag.wikispaces.comhttp://edufrag.wikispaces.com http://edufrag.blogspot.comhttp://edufrag.blogspot.com

ResourcesResources

http://edufrag.wikispaces.comhttp://edufrag.wikispaces.com MapsMaps TutorialsTutorials

Screencast walk-throughScreencast walk-through Step by Step Written InstructionsStep by Step Written Instructions

http://edufrag.blogspot.comhttp://edufrag.blogspot.com MapsMaps ScreenshotsScreenshots

Questions?Questions?

Jean-Claude Bradley Jean-Claude Bradley jeanclaude.bradley@gmail.com jeanclaude.bradley@gmail.com

Beth Ritter-GuthBeth Ritter-Guthbguth@lccc.edubguth@lccc.edu

Thank You!Thank You!