Michele Medved and Terrence Wing wrote on “Facilitating Learning with Social Media.” It is interesting reading and sharing of a case study. Thanks. The article triggered some more thinking in a project I am working right now. One of its…
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BP Gulf Oil Spills – a case of “be a manager, go to jail”
The news suggest that there has been early signs of the oil spill disaster. Oil rig contractors have detected earlier problems but failed to take the needed steps to avert the catastrophe. Many years ago in my one of my…
Learning Games for the “Real-World” – Alternate Reality Games – The Cookies
After or while reading, do a cookie game and you will learn and see a personal impact and meaning. Ray’s request. Jane McGonigal with Institute for the Future has researched and developed alternate games that make people move games from…
Saving the World Through Game Design
Jane McGonigal talks with Daniel Zalewski about alternate-reality gaming. From “Stories from the Near Future,” the 2008 New Yorker Conference. Preview the video – it is inspiring to have newer ways of thinking about the future. http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2008/mcgonigal Ray Jimenez, PhD…
Games that Social Network Members Can Play. Training please?
Who Says You Can’t Do a Game on Serious Topics – from Nobelprize.org
“Trade Ruler Game” “Bertil Ohlin, awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1977, showed that countries engage in and benefit from trade if their production resources differ from each other.” http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/economics/trade/index.html I find this interesting. A good example of making…