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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Building Better Learning Games

Learning Visions

Thursday, April 09, 2009 Building Better Learning Games Interested in building casual games for your learners? Focus on casual video games. Games in a variety of shapes and sizes: Console Games (for the Xbox or Wii) MMORPG (Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game): World of War Craft, Club Penguins.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Games vs. Gaming

Learning Visions

Thursday, March 22, 2007 Games vs. Gaming The topic that kept me thinking late last night: the difference between games and gaming; between people who play computer games and so-called gamers. Heres my novice view on the differences between games and gaming: Games are short, finite experiences.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Enciclomedia: Mexican Classrooms go hi-tech

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Friday, March 30, 2007 Enciclomedia: Mexican Classrooms go hi-tech Found via Slashdot , this BBC News article on the use of Enciclomedia in Mexican classrooms. Obviously, this completely changes the role of the teacher in the classroom. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. Games for Girls.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Video Games, Tire Swings and Learning

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Video Games, Tire Swings and Learning My almost six-year old son LOVES video and computer games: Wii, Nintendo 64, computer, my iPod Touch. Son was struggling with a certain game for quite a while. Video games. I say GO GAMES! Gaming is life! I struggle with this. I love this story.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Video Games & Retirees

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Friday, March 30, 2007 Video Games & Retirees Interesting article in todays New York Times by Seth Schiesel about the increasing acceptance of video games among retirees/baby booomers, especially older women. Mary are actually part of a vast and growing community of video-game-playing baby boomers and their parents, especially women.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: On Games and eLearning

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Monday, January 05, 2009 On Games and eLearning As eLearning designers, your goal is (hopefully) to make the learning experience engaging. And the best way to make it fun is to make it a game. Clark Quinn in Learning Predictions for 2009 : I continue to see interest in games, and naturally I’m excited. Yes, yes, yes!

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Games for the Brain

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Games for the Brain These brain games are from Phillip Lenssen, via Dean at my company who was thinking about how we could use brain teasers or games to get a learner prepped to learn. My favorite game is Counterfeit. Use a game like this instead of a pre-test. Games for Girls.

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