WoW & Education

A selection of videos, presentations, wikis, articles, books & projects exploring the use of World of Warcraft in education, or its educational principles/potential - forever in progress:

VIDEOS

PRESENTATIONS

WIKIS

World of Warcraft in Schools Wiki - Lucas Gillispie

ARTICLES

World of Warcraft: The Educational Tool - Kenneth Pierce - 2007

How World of Warcraft Promotes Innovation - John Hagel and John Seely Brown - 2009

You Play World of Warcraft? You’re Hired! Why multiplayer games may be the best kind of job training - John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas - 2006

15 Minutes of Fame: Learn to game, to game to learn - Lisa Poisso - 2009

Scientific Habits of Mind in Virtual Worlds - Constance Steinkuehler & Sean Dun - 2008

Warcraft Teaches Spanish, Part 1 - Dan Roy - 2007

Games as an Ideal Learning Environment - Todd Bryant - 2007 (german language teaching).

BOOKS

World of Warcraft and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy) - Luke Cuddy (Editor), John Nordlinger (Editor) - Open Court (October 27, 2009)

PROJECTS

UCI tackles ‘World of Warcraft’ mystery

4 respostas para “ WoW & Education ”

  1. Renato disse:

    Falando em jogos históricos, viu essa proposta do Pará, o tema é a revolta da cabanagem.

    http://www.larv.ufpa.br/

  2. João Mattar disse:

    Esse é um dos games que resultou de um edital há alguns anos, amanhã inclusive vou brincar um pouco com alguns deles, inclusive o do pessoal da Bahia, Tríade, sobre a Revolução Francesa.

  3. Katrin Windsor disse:

    Great blog post! Thanks for your insights!!!

  4. João Mattar disse:

    Great pleasure to see you here!

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