What Can We Learn from Games
What Can We Learn
From Computer Games?
by Douglas and Mary Kiang
gamesinsight.wikispaces.com
Mary
Computer programmer
Systems analyst
Tech Support Specialist
Educational software
consultant
Game reviewer
Beta tester
Elementary teacher
Mii
Doug
Author
Teacher
Dad
Gamer
Techie
Why this talk?
What Can We Learn from Games
What Can We Learn from Games
What Can We Learn from Games
What Can We Learn from Games
...so what can we learn
from computer games?
What was your favorite game?
What was enjoyable about it?
21st Century Skills
• Creativity and Innovation Skills
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
• Communication and Collaboration Skills
Why Games?
Attributes of Great Games
Recommendations
“Brains like ours alter profoundly to fit the
technologies and practices that surround them.”
Andy Clark
Director, Cognitive Sciences Program
Indiana University
Games are universal
We are born
knowing
how to play.
How do we
learn school?
What factors are creating educational
change?
Today’s
students
Tomorrow’s
world
What factors are creating educational
change?
Today’s Students
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008.
Today’s Students
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008.
Today’s Students
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008.
Today’s Students
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008.
Today’s Students
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008.
Today’s Students
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008.
Kids will walk
away from homework
because it is
“too hard”...
Kids will walk away
from a computer
game because
it is “too easy”.
choice
“Work is all that a body is
obliged to do. Play is all that
a body is not obliged to do.”
Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
games = powerful motivation
Hold on!
not all games
are created equal
What makes a great game?
What Can We Learn from Games
What Can We Learn from Games
What Can We Learn from Games
What Can We Learn from Games
Constructive
• Personalization
• Engages imagination
• Different for each person
• Different each time you play
Creative
• Non-linear
• Exploration
• Discovery
• Replayability
Complexity
• Challenging but not
impossible
• Adapts to user
• Encourages creative
problem-solving
• Robust strategy elements
Collaborative
• Role-play
• Safe risk-taking
• Sharing creations
• Social interactions
• Cooperative and
pro-social
...and last but not least
FUN
Simulations Social/Roleplaying
Building
Games
Creative Collaborative
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Constructive
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