Dates: Assigned: June 11, 2015 In Class Discussion: June 16, 2015
Topic: Game Based Learning
Discussion Leader: Lamya Almomani
Go to: https://studio.code.org
Complete through Course 4 (you can jump direclty to course 4). Select "show code" as much as possible to reveal the code behind the scenes. Take notes on the code you discover.
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Dates: Assigned: June 10, 2015 In Class Discussion: June 11, 2015
Topic: Game Based Learning
Discussion Leader: Emily Fritz
Read and Take Notes: Shaffer, Halverson, Gee, Squire Video Games and the Future of Learning (link)
Read and Take Notes: Steinkuehler, Digital Literacies (link)
Watch: James Gee, Learning with Video Games (link)
Watch: Katie Salen, The Power of Game Based Learning (link)
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Dates: Assigned: June 9, 2015 In Class Discussion: June 10, 2015
Topic: Violence in Games
Discussion Leader: Ben Davison
Read and Take Notes: 2010 Virtual Violence: Researchers disagree about whether violent vidoe games increase aggression. (link)
Read and Take Notes: Browse the Entertianment Software Rating Board (ESRB) web site (link)
Read and Take Notes: NY Times Article on 2011 Brown vs. Entertinament Merchants (California) decision (link)
Watch: Top 10 Video Game Controversies (link)
Watch: (OPTIONAL). If you get offended easily, do not watch this video, it contains offensive material (link)
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Dates: Assigned: June 2, 2015 In Class Discussion: June 10, 2015
Topic: History of Games
Discussion Leader: Erin Barton
Watch: Videos: The Discovery Channel: "The Rise of the Video Game" 5 part documentary series. YouTube Links: p1, p2, p3, p4, p5.
Read and Take Notes: : Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight
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Dates: Assigned: June 1, 2015 In Class Discussion: June 2, 2015
Topic: Games for Mental Health
Discussion Leader: Courtney Johnson
Read and Take Notes:
1) The game that can give you 10 extra years of life (Watch Video)
3) The Efficacy of Casual Videogame Play in Reducing Clinical Depression: A Randomized Controlled Study
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Dates: Assigned: May 29, 2015; In Class Discussion: June 1, 2015
Topic: Skills Competition in Vocational Training
Discussion Leader: Greg Vaverchak
Read and Take Notes:
1) Working at Play (link)
2) Competitions: the secret to developing and measuring skills? (link)
Skim and Watch Video:
3) History of Worldskills (link)
Explore Website
4) Stihl Timbersports (link)
5) International Society of Arboriculture, International Tree Climbing Competition (link)
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Dates: Assigned: May 28, 2015; In Class Discussion: May 29, 2015
Topic: Gamification
Discussion Leaders: Caityln Dean and Andrew Knight
1) Intelligym link
2) Motivations in Sports and Fitness Gamification: Read through Section 2.1.5 and take notes; skim the rest link
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Dates: Assigned: May 27, 2015; In Class Discussion: May 28, 2015
Topic: Serious Games, Part 2
Discussion Leader: Damian Curreri
1) Games for Training (link)
2) Biofeedback-Based Mental Training in the Military - the "Mental Gym" Project (link)
3) Rescue challenge: Moving heavy objects (link)
4) Half Life 2 Biomod (link)
Play this game and bring your six choices to class.
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Dates: Assigned: May 26, 2015; In Class Discussion: May 27, 2015
Topic: Serious Games, Part 1
Discussion Leader: Kerry Clancy
1) Enhancing Sexuality Education for Young Adolescents Through Serious Gaming (8 pages) link
2)
Design guidelines for developing customised serious games for
Parkinson’s Disease rehabilitation using bespoke game sensors (11
pages) link
3) For clarification on Serious Games (14 pages) link
4) Read abstract, skim article: Adaptation in serious games for upper-limb rehabilitation: an approach to improve training outcomes link
5) Read abstract, skim article: Recommendations
for the use of Serious Games in people with Alzheimer's Disease,
related disorders and frailty link
(Note: Some of the links may work only on campus, and for others you may need to find the articles directly through a title search at libraries.potsdam.edu)
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