Like Verena and Brenda, I have a bias against gaming. A lot of the games I have “played” were lame or low-level thinking. The one game that I really enjoyed during my high school years was “All the Right Type”. It was fun and easy to play, and you can set a goal for yourself […]
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Jay
Although I grew up with both a computer and nintendo I have never really taken to gaming and now would still rather learn through reading or interacting socially. For myself as a learning I find these more beneficial and associate gaming with leisure and it does not engage me as a learner as much as I get the sense […]
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Kristopher
Games
I chose to play a number of the games that seemed to all put you in a first-person context. The first game that I played was the game Spent. Spent was a pretty well crafted game that was quite short and based on a number of decisions as a single parent that has lost everything. […]
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ifeoma
The 3rd world farmer game review
This game allows you to pretend to be a farmer in a third world country (Africa). It is a family of 4 (2 adults under 30 and 2 children under 9), with very little money. The children put in 38% labour each into the farm work while parents put in 100% each, The children have […]
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Everton Walker
Hangaroo
I am not a big game fan so my experience is very limited. I have tried a few before including jeopardy and hangaroo. The experience with hangaroo was rather rewarding as I used to play that game before but not in digital format. As a teacher of literacy, I was able to use this game […]
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Juliana
My Flashback – Quiz games
At the risk of disclosing my age, I am going to tell everyone the story of the one game that popped into my mind. It was a game that was played using a 5 inch floppy disk. My Dad got it for me to encourge me into learning about computers and their history. It was pretty much […]
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jenaca
I have a lot of personal experience with gaming on the computer. At a young age my parents enrolled me in a computer program, outside of school, where I learned how to use the computer as well as playing games- math, reading, ect… Then throughout myK-12 schooling years we were constantly in and out of […]
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ifeoma
Gaming flash back
My gaming flashbacks take me to remembering my first job which was also my first encounter with computers. Not knowing how to find my way around was frustrating because my colleagues all seemed to be having so much fun playing games at lunch or after hours on the network. I really wanted to join in […]
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bcourey
My flashback
As I am reading other posts, I am recalling long-forgotten games, not necessarily for me…my experience with games consists of Space Invaders (yes, that old) and Pong…but I do recall buying “educational” games for my kids, although the quality was definitely not that experienced today. I remember Mario Brothers – and yes, my kids learning […]
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ashleyross
Game-Based Learning Flashbacks
I don’t remember a time growing up when I didn’t have a computer in my house. I have flashbacks of being 4 – 5 years old and even earlier playing computer games. My parents realized very early on the influence digital game-based learning could have and as such we played a variety of different educational […]
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themusicwoman 12:44 pm on October 5, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Dear Jay,
Although I remember the game, I have to admit I didn’t play it much and I appreciate your comment about not being a game based learner as much as a book/written word and social learner. This unit has made me think more about me as a learner, too. I tend to game for fun and relaxation but I think of how my child in grade 1 uses games to learn spelling right now on the computer.
So, a detective eh?
bcourey 3:30 pm on October 5, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I too remember that game Jay…thanks for the reminder. I remember thinking that my kids would really enjoy it and I would sneak in some geography education on them…didn’t work – they really didn’t enjoy the game as it lacked the “action” they preferred.
ifeoma 3:36 pm on October 5, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Jay,
Reading your post I can already see that the “Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?” is a game that would encourage the development of problem solving skills in addition to learning geography. I can also relate to associating gaming with leisurey, my take of it is that the skills it teaches are embedded and so are not apparent and it is just as well, because it is a way to make learning informal and fun in order to attract someone who does not like to learn in the usual formal way,
jenaca 3:38 am on October 6, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hey Jay, I also remember playing “Where in the world is Carmen San Diego”. I agree with your post that I play games for the fun of it and don’t necessarily combined learning and games. However, there are some great games that do enhance learning, especially for young children.