Current Theme: Games and Learning
7.23.07 | Launched concurrently with the Games, Learning and Society conference in Madison, this themed session on Spotlight focuses on games and learning. Here’s the index:
- big picture intro: James Paul Gee on getting young people to think like game designers
- Katie Salen‘s overview of this series and Gamestar Mechanic (FAQ part I)
- Katie Salen‘s FAQ Part II
- Betty Hayes on assessment and curricular models
- Betty Hayes on evaluating ‘design learning’
- Alex Games on the power of game design to engage young people.
- Alex Games (Part II) continues the discussion of the social nature of game design.
- Robert Torres on the workshops conducted in NYC this March
- Robert Torres (Part II) shares student voices about their games, and discusses the potential of design-literacies
- Greg Trefry concludes with reflections on the shared learning process
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