Entering the education arcade

Authors:
Henry Jenkins;Eric Klopfer;Kurt Squire;Philip Tan
Affiliations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Venue:
Computers in Entertainment (CIE) - Theoretical and Practical Computer Applications in Entertainment
Year:
2003

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Abstract

Responding to social, economic, and technological trends which make games the most powerful medium for reaching young learners, The Education Arcade project, based in the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program, seeks to prototype games that teach, develop curricular materials which support existing commercial titles, and help prepare teachers to use games in the classroom. This article reports on the first three prototypes that are producing -- Supercharged! (electromagnetism), Environmental Detectives (environmental science) and Revolution (American History).