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June, 2014 | Video Games As Learning Tools
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HammerTown Coder Dojo at Terryberry Library. Join us at the Terryberry Library for an afternoon of fun and game development. In the following few sessions we will be learning about Blockly for coding, and then building our own version of Pong, and making our own little AI. First Step: Create a new account at http:/ code.org. When you have done so, add the code BYQYAP to be in my section. Programming Puzzles — 20 minutes. Second Step: Create new account at http:/ scratch.mit.edu/. Middot; Tagged with.
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April, 2015 | Video Games As Learning Tools
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Post Test for Field Games & Math. Post – Test. Link a (Use Class number 8220). On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 9:27 am. Middot; Tagged with. Protected: Pretests for Spatial Reasoning 1. This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:. On Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7:54 am. Middot; Tagged with. Protected: Puzzles for Spatial Reasoning pt 1. This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:. On Friday, April 10, 2015 at 6:28 am. Middot; Tagged with.
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December, 2013 | Video Games As Learning Tools
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Coder Dojo — Hello World. For this activity, we will be playing a game to learn about programming. We would like to know, what is a process. Can you tell us? Please tell us here. On Friday, December 6, 2013 at 7:51 pm. Middot; Tagged with. Sign up to receive breaking news. As well as receive other site updates! The Politics of Removing Play from Classroom Instruction. Pedagogy and Play: Creating a Playful Curriculum for Academic Achievement and Engaged Learning. CFP: eSports and Professional Game Play.
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December, 2012 | Video Games As Learning Tools
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Video Games and Violence. The recent tragedies of gun violence have resulted in a renewed interest into the role of violent video games and aggressive, anti-social, and violent behavior. The current view is that many young people who commit violent crimes do so because they play violent video games. In some ways, this is like saying that the use of suntan lotion increases the likelihood of drowning. In research, this is called a spurious correlation. There are three explanations for games and violence:.
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Gamiceuticals: Video Games for medical diagnosis, treatment, and professional development | Video Games As Learning Tools
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Consulting, Culture, Cognition, Assessment, Research, and Media Production. Gamiceuticals: Video Games for medical diagnosis, treatment, and professional development. Gamiceuticals: Video Games for medical diagnosis, treatment, and professional development. Gamiceuticals: Video Games for medical diagnosis, treatment,. Should games and play be used to diagnose or treat a medical condition? Can video games provide professional development for health professionals? To gather medical data? Tell us what you'r...
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February, 2013 | Video Games As Learning Tools
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Video Games as Learning Tools — Colloquium March 7, 1430 at Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour (PNB) Psychology Building (PC), Room 102 McMaster University. I want to invite you to a colloquium March 7, at 1430– Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour (PNB). Video Games as Learning Tools. Brock Dubbels, PhD.,. G-ScalE Game Development and Testing Lab. Should games and play be considered important in designing instructional contexts? Psychology Building (PC), Room 102.
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Pretests for Spatial Reasoning 1 | Video Games As Learning Tools
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Consulting, Culture, Cognition, Assessment, Research, and Media Production. Pretests for Spatial Reasoning 1. Protected: Pretests for Spatial Reasoning 1. This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:. On Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7:54 am. Middot; Tagged with. This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments. Sign up to receive breaking news. As well as receive other site updates! The Politics of Removing Play from Classroom Instruction.
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October, 2013 | Video Games As Learning Tools
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CFP: UX — What is User Experience in Video Games? Can UX research take a game that is not fun, and make it more fun? CFP: UX What is User Experience in Video Games? The purpose of this special issue is to investigate the nature of video game UX. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that. Present empirical findings on UX in game development. Push the theoretical knowledge of UX. Conduct meta-analyses of existing research on UX. Answer specific questions such as:. Face to face interviewing. Potential ...
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Video Games and Violence | Video Games As Learning Tools
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Consulting, Culture, Cognition, Assessment, Research, and Media Production. Video Games and Violence. Video Games and Violence. The recent tragedies of gun violence have resulted in a renewed interest into the role of violent video games and aggressive, anti-social, and violent behavior. The current view is that many young people who commit violent crimes do so because they play violent video games. A (violent video game play) causes B (aggression and violence),. No relation view: that any correlation be...
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September, 2013 | Video Games As Learning Tools
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The eHealth Seminar Series welcomes. Brock Dubbels, PhD. Epartment of Computing and Software, McMaster University. Do games and play have a place as medical interventions? How can games and play inform designing instruction and assessment contexts? Can games and similar software design per- suade individuals towards healthier lifestyles and adherence? For design, production, usability assessment and evaluation of learning systems and games. And rumour has it, he has a sweet bike!
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