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What do children learn  when playing video games?   How are games for children designed? H. Chad Lane Institute for Creative Technologies University of Southern California
 
 
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What do children learn when playing video games? How are games for children designed?

  • 1. What do children learn when playing video games? How are games for children designed? H. Chad Lane Institute for Creative Technologies University of Southern California
  • 2.  
  • 3.  
  • 4.
  • 5. Integrating game elements (Memphis) GAME ELEMENTS EXISTING ITS
  • 6. Using what’s out there (Squire)
  • 7. Serious games w/tutoring elements You play a scoop jockey who has to fill customers' orders. At the end of the game, you're told just how much ice cream you wasted, and how much your poor performance will end up costing Cold Stone over the span of one year. The only fun to be had in Stone City comes from deliberately mishandling the orders. (At my Cold Stone franchise, everyone gets strawberry.) Justin Peters, “World of Borecraft: Never play a game that’s trying to teach you something.” Slate, June 27, 2007.
  • 8.
  • 9. What else can games teach? diligence emotional self-regulation commitment teamwork Information seeking humility?
  • 10.

Editor's Notes

  1. Released in 1985.
  2. Squire – found that kids who played were more likely to check out books from the library on ancient cultures and history. self-directed learning.
  3. good habits: value of hard work, commitment, teamwork, self-assessment, research