Reading for Monday, Dec. 8th

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.04/wright.html

Cool/Interesting stuff that is on/off topic :)

Free online games? Post links to them here

More recent Statistics on Gaming

http://www.theesa.com/newsroom/release_detail.asp?releaseID=8

 http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/09/16/videogames.survey.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch

Library Resources: more ideas!

The librarian came up with a few more places to look for credible information on your topic:

Some possible database resources:

LexisNexis (you mentioned in class)
Google Scholar (it’s the best for cross disciplinary and “odd” topics)
ACM Digital Library
Wilson Select Plus
CiteSeerX (this db tracks citations for computer science professionals and offers full text)

Books:

The meaning of video games : gaming and textual strategies. Steven E. Jones.

Persuasive games : the expressive power of videogames / Ian Bogost.

Playing with videogames / James Newman.

The potential of America’s Army, the video game as civilian-military public sphere / by Zhan Li.

Playing video games : motives, responses, and consequences. edited by Peter Vorderer, Jennings Bryant.

Today’s Class (Friday, Dec. 12th)

Hey all. I will be about 10-15 minutes late to class today, Friday, the last day of class. Please hang out until I can get there.

Thank you for your help.

Questions for Wright reading: How does user created content influence learning from games?

Questions for Wright reading: What are some of the drawbacks from learning from video games or certain types of video games?

Questions for Wright reading: Do games offer problem solving? Provide an example of how a specific game offers or does not offer problem solving.

Questions for Wright reading: Do games offer self-esteem? Provide an example of how a specific game offers or does not offer self-esteem.

Questions for Wright reading: Do games offer community? Provide an example of how a specific game offers or does not offer community.

Questions for Wright reading: Do games offer creativity? Provide an example of how a specific game offers or does not offer creativity.

Questions for Wright reading: How do you approach playing video games? Do you read the manual? If so why? If not, why not?

Questions about Gee: According to Gee, what are some parallels that should to exist between gaming and educational environments?