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2. The games we play 3. A brief history of computer games 4. 1958 tennis for two Brookhaven History 5. 1972 - Pong CC by-sa Marty Goldberg 6. 1970s - PLATO 7. 1980 - Pacman CC by-sa Gerardvschip 8. 1982 Sinclair Spectrum CC by Bill Bertram 9. 1996 - Playstation 10. 2004 - World of Warcraft CC by Juanpol 11. 2006 Nintendo DS lite CC by Havok & Estoy Aqu 12. 2010 - Kinect 13. Reflections and readings 14. Common features 15. And yet 16. Johnson, 2006

Non-linearity

Fractal

Reward

Probing

Telescoping

Games are fiendishly, sometimes maddeningly,hard Get kids learning without realizing that theyre learning Its notwhatyoure thinking about itsthe wayyoure thinking that matters 17. Gee, 2007

Game designers keep making long and challenging games and still manage to get them learned

36 ways to learn a video game

The theories of learning one would infer from looking at schools today often comport poorly with the theory of learning in good video games

18. Buckingham, 2007

Pro

• Self-directed

• Collaborative

• Generating hypotheses

• Solving problems

• Taking risks

Con

• Representation

• Commercial

• Social power in communities

• Selective presentation

• Logistics

• Equity

• Transfer

• Inadequate Evidence

19. Byron, 2008

Parental understanding

Context matters

Correlation not causation

Fact and fiction

Online safety

Classification

20. Williamson, 2009

Research

Persuasive medium

Constructionist

Skills practice

Media literacy

Practice

Motivation

Retro-fitting

Relevance

Learner ownership

Perception

Antisocial?

21. McGonigal, 2011

If the goal is truly compelling, and if the feedback is motivating enough, we will keep wrestling with the games limitationscreatively, sincerely, and enthusiasticallyfor a very long time

Gamification:

Levels

Experience points

Quests

Badges

22. Tim Rylands 23. Dawn Hallybone 24. Kevin McLaughlin 25. And Now

Develop a classic computer game using Scratch, if possible within the context of your project.

Upload your game to Blogfolio, together with your reflections.

Continue the development of your project, incorporating work from today s session if possible. Aim to have a development snapshot available for demonstration in the next session,2 ndDecember 2011

Read Williams and Kessler (1999), using this to help form your own reflections on how you and your partner have worked on your game.