Introduction

Plan for the introductory session:

 * ====== Introduction to my experience of video games in school as a teacher ======
 * ====== Game study - some examples of study of games and how they are used, for example, Futurelab's reports on games ======
 * ====== Game play - the main focus of the presentation, several examples of using games in schools ======
 * ====== Game making - mentioning Scratch, Kodu (mentioned as examples) and games, such as Little Big Planet - to create new levels ======
 * ====== Game innovation - looking at new ideas in gaming ======

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Links from the presentation

 * INTRODUCTION - MY EXPERIENCE OF GAMES**

The Atari games console http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTKR6TIvO9o


 * GAME STUDY**

References to games in education Futurelab http://archive.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications-reports-articles/literature-reviews/Literature-Review378 http://archive.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications-reports-articles/literature-reviews/Literature-Review1788

Futurelab Digital Literacy http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/digital-literacy-handbook


 * GAME PLAY**

SimCity http://simcity.ea.com/play/simcity_classic.php http://www.brothersoft.com/games/sim-city-3000.html http://www.download-free-games.com/freeware_games/freeciv.htm (Civilisation game)

Nintendo Wii Endless Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_Ocean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpHQinpnum4

Nintendo Wii Trauma Center:Second Opinion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_Center:_Second_Opinion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rjGb382Xfc

Nintendo DS Professor Layton and the curious village http://professorlaytonds.com/curiousvillage/ (turn off audio -> top right corner of page) - playable demo

Nintendo DS Brian training http://www.braintraining.com.au/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbJMTtCV0Ds http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20395 http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/30124558

Nintendo DS Pictochat (built in communication) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PictoChat

Video from television of students using Nintendo DS http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/7959722.stm

Microsoft Ribbon Hero http://www.officelabs.com/ribbonhero

Social games Farmville - http://www.farmville.com/


 * GAME MAKING**

Scratch from MIT http://scratch.mit.edu/ - main Scratch website - top right choose language Arabic http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Video_Tutorials http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Support

Arabic Scratch support http://info.scratch.mit.edu/ar/Support

Microsoft Kodu http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodu_Game_Lab http://www.planetkodu.com/ http://sites.google.com/site/koduxperts/home (great use of Kodu with literacy)

Little Big Planet http://www.littlebigplanet.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LittleBigPlanet http://www.littlebigplanetguide.com/

Little Big Planet 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy_a3oCDzRA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LittleBigPlanet_2


 * GAME INNOVATION**

Epic Citadel (free game on the iphone, ipod touch, ipad) - capture screenshots by pressing both buttons at the same time (lock and home buttons) Tim Rylands using Epic Citadel and other games ( http://www.timrylands.com/ )

Augmented reality Sony Playstation 3 Eyepet http://www.eyepet.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZQpqfzDgOk

Pop-up book http://www.zooburst.com

My favourite 'Thinking Dice' - to structure asking questions through Bloom's revised taxonomy http://www.thinkingdice.com/

If you would be interested in sharing ideas with a school in the UK, please get in touch. For example, your students could create games using Scratch, then exchange them with students in the UK. They could play each others' games and evaluate them, before sending feedback.

Many thanks for your kind comments regarding the talk. Take care, Steve