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Gaming at the Speed of Light: A Panel on Networked Educational Gaming using
Internet2
Gaming at the Speed of Light: A Panel on Networked Educational Gaming using
Internet2
Fall 2006 Internet2 Member MeetingDec. 6, 2006
Why Gaming? Why Gaming? Need for new modes of engaging learners
• Marc Prensky
• Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
• Don’t Bother Me Mom, I’m Learning
• Engage Me or Enrage Me
• http://www.marcprensky.com/
Why Gaming? Why Gaming? Need for new modes of engaging learners
“Whereas TV turned kids of the fifties and sixties into a nation of screen watchers, videogames have created a cadre of screen manipulators.”
J.C. Herz, Joystick Nation
Virtual Environments Virtual Environments Need for new modes of engaging learners
Open Croquet Project
http://www.opencroquet.org/
The Roman ForumThe Roman ForumA quick trip to antiquity
•Developed by the Visualization Portal at UCLA
•Believed to be the most complex model of the archeological site ever created.
http://www.ats.ucla.edu/portal/default.htm
Discover BabylonDiscover BabylonA game about history and archaeology
•Funded and Developed by the Federation of American Scientists
•UCLA, LA Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative, Walters Art Museum, and Escape Hatch Entertainment
http://www.discoverbabylon.org
Games for HealthGames for Health
http://www.gamesforhealth.org/index3.html
REMISSION
ACLS TRAINER BY LEGACY INTERACTIVE
Trends in EducationTrends in Education
Second Life101 ways to use Second Life in the Collegiate Classroom
http://trumpy.cs.elon.edu/metaverse/gst364Win2005/handout.html
Second Life101 ways to use Second Life in the Collegiate Classroom
http://trumpy.cs.elon.edu/metaverse/gst364Win2005/handout.html
Virtual U
Multiplayer Game where student teams compete to run a university
http://www.virtual-u.org/
“Serious” Educational Gaming
Educational Games and I2Educational Games and I2UN World Food Program Food-Force Game
http://www.food-force.com/
Resources and URLs
Resources and URLsEducational Gaming
Second Life
http://secondlife.com/
SimTeach
http://www.simteach.com/wiki/
Serious Games
http://www.seriousgames.org
WaterCooler
http://www.watercoolergames.org
Potential FundingPotential FundingEducational Gaming
MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning Initiative
http://www.macfound.org
NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
http://www.neh.gov/grants/digitalhumanities.html
Marcus Childress, Emporia State University
Daniel Lauglin, Manager of the NASA Learning Technologies
Randy Stout, Research and Development Coordinator, Kansas Board of Regents
Marcus Childress, Emporia State University
Daniel Lauglin, Manager of the NASA Learning Technologies
Randy Stout, Research and Development Coordinator, Kansas Board of Regents
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