Educational Technology

December 24, 2011

Computer games teach pupils by stealth

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:34 am

by Kim Arlington, Sydney Morning Herald

In classrooms around the state, hundreds of schoolchildren have been defending their nation from Wraith attacks in the battle to defeat the Shadow Plague. They are playing a computer game – with their teachers’ blessing – as part of a project to integrate game design into teaching and learning. Students at 14 schools, from years 3 to 10, have joined the project, which is linked to the primary and secondary curriculum and allows students to design their own computer games. It was developed by the Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre, a collaboration between the NSW Education Department and Macquarie University, which gives schools access to innovative technologies in class.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/computer-games-teach-pupils-by-stealth-20111216-1oycm.html

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