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Session 38: Teaching and Learning with Games - Be a serious games ninja!
Submitted by Keesa Muhammad on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:21
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Audio Presentation
Speaker Teaching and Learning with Games - Be a Serious Game Ninja Listen here
Session BackgroundPRESENTER(s):
Carrie Heeter, PHD, Professor, Teaching and Learning division, MSU IT Services
Joe Fitzgerald, New Media Deisgner, Teaching and Learning division, MSU IT ServicesOverview:
RESOURCES
Richard Van Eck EduWeb webinar:
- Integrating Commercial Off-the Shelf (COTS) Games into the Classroom
- http://www.instantpresenter.com/WebConference/RecordingDefault.aspx?c_psrid=E954D8898249
THREE FEATURED GAMES
- Killer Flu: http://clinical-virology.org/killerflu/killerflu.html
- Do I Have a Right: http://iCivics.org
- Enercities: http://www.enercities.eu/
- Enercities video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA6Jjx4ECL8
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Meaningful Play conference: http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu
- Serious Games Graduate Certificate: http://seriousgames.msu.edu
OTHER MENTIONED GAMES
- Cutthroat Capitalism: http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2009/cutthroatCapitalismTheGame
- Global Conflicts: http://www.globalconflicts.eu/
- Fold-It: http://fold.it/
- Capitalism II: http://www.enlight.com/capitalism2/
- Cruise Ship Tycoon: http://www.download-free-games.com/simulation/cruiseship_tycoon.htm
FINDING A GAME
- edWeb list of games - https://docs.google.com/a/msu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsuaqFwUI1WfdFRaSUxhWjhEZlBtSk1TMEozZWFKZHc&hl=en_US#gid=0
- Health Games Research database (423 games): http://www.healthgamesresearch.org/db/search/tab=games
- Games for Change (105 games): http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/
- BrainPop: http://www.brainpop.com/games/
Coordinator:
Keesa Muhammad
johns253@msu.edu
Learning Design and Technology