Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy keynote from last year at the The 24th IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. The Calm and The Storm: Simulation and Games – Why All Games are Simu…. Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWell that’s nice to hear. Children get the same value from playing videogames as they do from other forms of imaginative play. A Surprising New Study On How Video Games Impact Children. However, the findings do indicate “that electronic play … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesComparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations. My last post complained about being shut down on several LinkedIn groups because I disagreed with the poster. This is one of the articles that apparently needed to be protected by flagging my … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve commented on this before (where I translated them into rules for instructional design), but it is so applicable to all kinds of design, I wanted to put it here for safe keeping. It’s worth reading the whole article, but … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAudio available on the site. Many people stereotype gamers as teenage boys with limited social skills. That’s just not true, says UNLV English professor Amy Green. She argues that many games have elements similar to great western literature and she’s … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Becker Lazy Test is something I developed some years ago as part of my 4-PEG game assessment template. (4PEG = 4 Pillars of Educational Games). More on that soon. When I am examining a game, I see how far … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteComplexities of Measuring Effectiveness | Connected Principals. We all seek an easy to understand table, chart, or graph to show our school district’s performance. The media wants an info-graphic to show on the screen or post in the story. We … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGames In The Classroom: What the Research Says | MindShift. On the whole, this is an encouraging article. However, I don’t agree with the SRI report’s definition of simulations vs games. It shortchanges both simulations and games in that games … Continue reading