Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesInventor to Schools: ‘Let Kids Fail!’ | MindShift “We’ve heard the importance of failure and experimentation in learning. In this excellent interview on Science Friday, inventor James Dyson speaks about his direct experience with failures and schools’ need to accommodate … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is key. Big Fat Phoenix: The most important game design lesson I ever learned. The action that your player performs most frequently should feel like fun all by itself. Far FAR too often, the action that the player performs … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow a High School Teacher Is ‘Gamifying’ World News “A new game called Fantasy Geopolitics (think Fantasy Football meets Model United Nations) is radically changing the way high school students in Minnesota are interacting with the news. In 2009, Eric … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesHuman Factors: The Third Wave of Gamification?. This article points to another describing a “third wave” of gamification that involves effectively users creating their own games within the environment they are using, and expresses some dubiousness about its utility. I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteA handy list. Many/most of these can apply to instructional design too. Rapid Game Prototyping: Tips for Programmers | devmag.org.za. A. Rapid is a State of Mind – Know and remember the goal -Find the essence of your idea, and … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteImproving the World of Educational Gaming “Expand Quick, name as many great educational games as you can! Chances are your list topped out around four or five and they were all decently dated games from your childhood. Math Blaster, Oregon … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutes BBC News – Internet Archive puts classic 70s and 80s games Classic video games from the 1970s and 1980s have been put online by the Internet Archive and can be played within a web browser for nothing. The collection … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteSerious Game Alumni Interview #3 with Katrin Becker | Games and Meaningful Play @ Michigan State University. This is an interview with me about my experience at Michigan State University taking their new Graduate Certificate Program in Serious Game Design … Continue reading