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Computer games, learning and the curriculum: uneasy bedfellows?
Why play games in school?
See all of the Games-Based learning links that Derek has uploaded
Haven't teachers always used games in their teaching? So why not computer games?
Games in schools: a contribution to low achievement
Impact of gratuitous violence - the staple of many computer games
Teachers should be in opposition to the games industry
Computer games are the cultural battleground
Games in classrooms: enhancing the curriculum and engaging learners
Secret learning
Enhancing the curriculum
Use of Brain Training programs
Handhelds used in Maths groupwork
Instant feedback
Using Myst to support Literacy
Nintendo DS
Pupil awareness of checks and balances
"Games are a launch pad for engaging and inspiring."
Consumer Electronics: Becta's Blindspot in the Rearview Mirror
ThinkQuest: a collaborative venture
Games Play as a collaborative activity
ThinkQuest as an international activity
Grid Club: KS 2 coverage
Games and Learning: what’s the connection?
James Gee
Reference
Games & simulations offer a different way of learning
Relationship of play to learning
Immersion in games threatens learning
The complex inter-relationships between pleasure and learning
All teachers should read Baudrillard
Educational games as chocolate-coated broccoli
Games are like real life, only better
See the James Gee reference
How does online identity relate to off-line
Playing games involves following rules
Games play and rule following involves being active, rather than passive
Games play involves the suspension of disbelief
Script design vs. script enacting
Could games also allow 'breaking' of rules but in a safe context?
Can games be used to allow learners to create their own rules?
Thomas Malone Reference - Joe Nutt
Theory of Flow Joe purports that Thomas Malone took from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
