KS3/4 English and Media - Computer Games: Playing to Learn
What makes computer games different from other media and how can they be applied to the learning of English and media?
In this programme, we take a look at how English and media teachers can use computer games in the classroom.
Parkside Community College in Cambridge trial a computer authoring tool that enables Year 8 students to design their own game in a media/English scheme of work.
Meanwhile the school's Year 10 students are introduced to a poem through the software. The staff and students share their experience of the experiment.
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- Duration: 15:00 minutes
- Published: 18 September 2006
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Immersive Education
This is the new 3D games authoring platform allowing students to create and play their own games without the need for specialist programming skills
BBC: News
Article from October 2006 on the role that video games have in education
Making Games: Skillset
Information on the Making Games project that's developing tools based on computer games to help students learn a wide range of skills
FutureLab: Handbook on Games and Learning
Links to a FutureLab handbook looking at playing and using games in schools - also includes case studies and an extensive reading list
The Innovation Unit
The Innovation Unit is one of the country's leading organisations for promoting innovation to improve education
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english learn +pronciation25 June 2009 - 12:02
please help me
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It's a quite nice idea to29 December 2007 - 00:42
It's a quite nice idea to teach the kids computer game for learning.
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