Serious Games: Games That Educate, Train, and Inform
Serious Games: Games That Educate, Train, and Inform
How Computer Games Help Children Learn
How Computer Games Help Children Learn
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals
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A simple yet powerful design strategy for leveraging children's natural proclivity to play has been to tie educational content to the rules of a game. A common criticism of many game designs used in classroom settings however, is that they fail to meaningfully embody content. Another, more subtle problem, is that design elements such as chance and skill; competitive versus cooperative roles; and criteria for success can influence the affective dispositions for students to participate, and by extension learn. While strategies for creating and understanding games ranging from athletic activities to video games have been articulated, there continues to be a need to examine the theoretical elements of game design in order to develop a practical, coherent pedagogy of implementation and use that is applicable to games, teacher practice, and curriculum. This study is focused on examining the socio-cultural forces that motivate students to play and, potentially, learn when they participate in in- and out-of-classroom games as well as the cognition and construction of knowledge structures that take place while playing, and is intertwined with my work on designs for accountable games--playful activities that take into consideration both the learning requirements and goals of the educator and the social and developmental needs of the learner.