Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat are your favorite education myths? A few weeks ago I blogged about Dale’s mythical “Cone of Experience”. These sorts of things seem to hang on quite tenaciously, and sometimes even gets perpetuated by experts in the field. The learning styles … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are many ways to use games in the classroom. Games can be used as: Content – The content of the game directly addresses some curricular need. Example – In this case the game is being used as an example of or an artifact … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesBecker’s Lazy Test is something I developed some years ago as part of the 4PEG game assessment template (4PEG = 4 Pillars of Educational Games). When I am examining a game, I play it and see how far I can … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmit’s Game Programming Information “What’s on this page? I’m interested in producing complexity out of simple parts. This page contains bookmarks that I collected while working on games; I did not write most of the content linked from here. As … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s finally out!! Introduction to Game Development Using Processing by Jim Parker This book guides you through the basic game development process, covering game development topics including graphics, sound, artificial intelligence, animation, game engines, Web-based games, etc. Real games are created, and … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis was posted back in February, but it’s worth sharing. Five Things I Didn’t Get About Making Video Games (Until I Did It). 1. Making games is a thousand times harder than I thought 2. Games look like complete ass … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIEEE-GEM.ORG. There’s still time to submit your proposals. The IEEE Consumer Electronics Society is pleased to announce the 2015 IEEE Games, Entertainment, and Media (GEM) Conference, the seventh conference in a series of successful IEEE Game Innovation Conferences. The venue … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m putting these here, so I’ll be able to find them again. Create Games with Construct 2 – Scirra.com An HTML 5 Game creator. I haven’t tried it myself so can’t comment on how good it is. Looks interesting though. … Continue reading