I am a gamer: In the presence of avatars.

A final reflection on Game Based Learning. #INF541

i am a gamer

I began this unit of learning by stating that “my personal game history stretches waaay back.” Very tellingly this included games such as Space Invaders (released 1978) and PacMan – with many hours spent in video arcades. However, I am now thoughtful of the idea that I steered away from further immersion in digital games (no time?). And yet, I allow students to play them in the classroom, in a very unstructured way – just for the fun and social connection that games create.

We also began with the questions of which games we would explore. I naively said Minecraft, Stencyl & Storium but instead spent hours playing with Ingress, immersing in Second Life (game or not?) and learning Eve Online. Never before have I explored a MMORPG (massively-multiplayer-online-role-playing-game). Now there is no turning back. I am a gamer. In Eve Online just look for Wilson Nomesk. *smile

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