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Play2Read?

Play2Read?. Kirk Ramsay Director of Learning Technologies. Games. “Anyone who makes a distinction between games and education doesn’t know the first thing about either one.”. Marshall McLuhan. The audience has changed. Digital natives Digital immigrants There are behavioural accents.

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Play2Read?

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  1. Play2Read? Kirk Ramsay Director of Learning Technologies

  2. Games “Anyone who makes a distinction between games and education doesn’t know the first thing about either one.” Marshall McLuhan

  3. The audience has changed • Digital natives • Digital immigrants • There are behavioural accents

  4. Attitude to learning with games? Currently using computer games as part of learning, training or development? How interested in particpating in learning that uses computer games? Masie Center

  5. How are games being applied? Masie Center

  6. Effectiveness of games for learning? Masie Center

  7. Meeting expectations • Merging good learning design with real games is NOT easy • We have to match content to digital natives and technology • We need to overcome ‘immigrant’ thinking about games • We need to understand and employ the principles of game design, especially gameplay and decision making, so as not to suck the fun out Marc Prensky

  8. The Monkey Wrench Conspiracy How to teach engineers to use new 3 D design tools

  9. How do we take advantage? Games Mods Mod £10k? 4 weeks? Game £5m? 2 years? Games Engine

  10. Deus Ex Mods

  11. Literacy Challenge

  12. literacy/numeracy voting social benefits CORE personal money mgmt …more themes Game Structure Theme Level

  13. theme (voting) theme (literacy) (5) (5) 1 2 3 4 5 (4) (4) 1 2 3 4 5 (3) (3) 1 2 3 4 5 (2) (2) 1 2 3 4 5 (1) (1) 1 2 3 4 5 Game/Learning Level

  14. The Characters

  15. Building the Actors

  16. The Environment

  17. HQ

  18. Network Partnerships Core Game Editorial Board Local Developer Network Local Developer Network Local Developer Network LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC

  19. Email: kirkr@learndirectscotland.com www.lds4b.com www.learndirectscotland.com

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