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May 17, 2007

Serious Games Best Practices: Globals Kids Modeling The Future
Via Global Kids Digital Media Initiative


Personal Note

I have been posting on Global Kids major breakthroughs since the very first days of this blog.

Even though I have already published 18 posts under a dedicated category, I felt compelled to transcribe Rafi Santos most recent article which, in my view, is a superb showcase on GK best practices for bringing a youth development model into Teen Second Life. Besides, it works as a summarized retrospective of Global Kids most successful journey in the field of Serious Games.

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April 20, 2007

Serious Games For Human Error Reduction
Via: Cognitive Informatics

Serious games use entertainment principles, creativity, and technology to meet government or corporate training objectives, but these principles alone will not guarantee that the intended learning will occur.

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April 7, 2007

Serious Games Hit Oil & Gas Industry
Via: Terris-Hill Productions Ltd.

Alberta computer programmers and oil rig managers have teamed up to create a unique serious game meant to improve safety on the job

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April 6, 2007

Serious Games From The Battlefield To The Board Room
Via: Serious Game Engine Shootout by Richard Carey and BreakAway Ltd.

Executives are using 3D online, multiplayer environments such as Second Life and World of WarCraft to teach team-building skills. Now, BreakAway, a leading maker of military and medical simulations used by the U.S. government and top med schools, has created mōsbē, a desktop tool that allows companies to make customized video games for corporate use. Booz Allen Hamilton and other companies have used it (think employee training and crisis control).

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April 3, 2007

Net Geners' Learning Styles and Serious Games
Via Innovate - Excerpts from Teaching and Learning with the Net Generation

by Kassandra Barnes, Raymond C. Marateo, and S. Pixy Ferris

A decade ago, the first wave of the Net Generation began to enter college, forcing educational institutions to deal with a new population of learners with unique characteristics. With the Net Generation representing nearly 7% of the population today and with nearly 49.5 million students enrolled in schools in 2003, responding to the specific needs of this generation of learners is becoming increasingly important.

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