Lesson 5

Schedule   ::   Lesson 5   ::   Track A Summaries   ::   Track B Summaries

Topic: Instructional games in schools.

Readings:

Track A

Agency, B. E. C. T. A. (2001). Computer Games in Education Project (PDF). Retrieved July 15, 2005, from http://www.becta.org.uk/research/research.cfm?section=1&id=2826

Track B

Koster, R. (2005). Chapter 7: The problem with learning. In A Theory of Fun for Game Design (pp. 110-127). Scottsdale, AZ: Paraglyph Press.  

Recommended for Both Tracks

Montfort, N. (2003). Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction (HTML) (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: MIT Press.

Squire, K., & Barab, S. Learning world history through computer simulation games (Word).

Steinkuehler, C. A. (2003, March 25). Videogaming as participation in a discourse (PDF). Paper presented at the Annual Conference ofthe American Association for Applied Linguistics.

Activity:

Instructional games demo assignment
Appendix A: Outline for Demonstrating Instructional Game to the Class