In his presentation Steven Ronsijn (Sint-Lievenscollege in Ghent, Belgium) describes his integration of the game Third World Farmer in his geography classes and outlined what he considers to be the 4 most important factors when it comes to the success of game-based learning. Steven also founded genY, in which student teams research new learning technologies and develop attractive and interesting teaching methods (multimedia supported games, serious games) based on their own needs and experiences. Steven presented this presentation during the MEDEAnet webinar 'How to integrate gaming in the classroom' on 25 June 2012. Find out more on http://www.medeanet.eu.

1. GAMING IN
EDUCATION
STEVEN RONSIJN
Teacher geography
Educational ICT-coordinator
Sint-Lievenscollege
Founder genY
Product manager Playlane
@ronsst
www.geny.be
steven.ronsijn@playlane.be

2. HTTP://HUMANIORA.SINTLIEVENSCOLLEGE.BE
ZILVERENBERG 1 – 9000 GENT

3. 3RDWORLDFARMER.COM

4. 3RDWORLDFARMER.COM

5. “BUT, SIR, HOW ARE YOU
GOING TO EVALUATE US?
WE HAVEN’T HAD LESSONS
FOR THREE WEEKS… ”
SERIOUS VERSUS GAMING ?

6. DIGITAL DIDACTICS ABOUT
GAME-BASED LEARNING
4 FACTORS TO SUCCESS

7. THE SERIOUS GAME IS LEARNING
CONTENT
GAME DURING LESSONS
TEACH ABOUT THE GAME
EVALUATE THE GAMING PROCESS
AND LEARNED GAMING CONTENT
4 PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW GAMING DIDACTICS

8. REAL INTEGRATION IN
LEARNING CONTENT
4 FACTORS TO SUCCESS

10. “You have to provide in medical care, hire a
political consultant and take an insurance so
that the climate does not affect your income.
And invest in several plant species, rather
than in one crop only. Then you take too
much risk. “
J.B. – 3LB1
COMMUNICATION

11. SERIOUS
VS. GAMING
DISCUSSION

12. NEW SKILLS FOR
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
4 FACTORS TO SUCCESS

13. GAMING SHOULD BE TAUGHT!
YOU CAN LEARN FROM A GAME!
STUDENTS TEACH STUDENTS
LANGUAGES
SKILLS

14. TECHNOLOGY & HARDWARE
4 FACTORS TO SUCCESS

18. OFFICE DIVISION
Thomas Duthois
Office Manager
- Administration
- IT
- Finance & Legal
- Logistics
- Human Resources

19. MARKETING DIVISION
Matthias Dellaert
Head of Marketing & P.R.

20. RESEARCH DIVISION
Ruben Van de Walle
Head Research

21. DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Sander Gustin
Head Dev

23. #GEO21 is the new project of genY.be in which more than 70 students from the Sint-
Lievenscollege in Ghent along with students from the U.S., Brazil, South Africa, China…
develop a pervasive game about food gardening
The ultimate goal of the game is that students maintain a real vegetable garden at
school and introduce data (such as amount of fertilizer, water, sunshine…) into a
database, which leads to a 3D virtual environment of the garden. During the game
students have to maximize the output of the foodgarden in a sustainable way. Bonus
points can be earned by foodgardening together with students from other contries and
continents and by playing 8 minigames (quiz, catch rain…).
The game brings together reality and fiction. Students learn about the global issues of
foodproduction, energy and water in a gaming way that really activates them.
Furthermore, they sharpen language & collaboration skills.
The project runs from January 2012 till June 2013 and can count on the support of
many official institutions.
The project 2012-2013…

24.  Management
Gilles Soenens & Sara Adam
General managers - students
Email management@geny.be
Web www.geny.be/team
Facebook genY
Twitter @genY_GEO21
 Founder
Steven Ronsijn
Teacher
Email steven.ronsijn@sintlievenscollege.be
Phone +32 476 414823
Twitter @ronsst
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