"Gamestar Mechanic": Learning a Designer Mindset through Communicational Competence with the Language of Games

Autor/in	Games, Ivan Alex
Titel	"Gamestar Mechanic": Learning a Designer Mindset through Communicational Competence with the Language of Games
Quelle	In: Learning, Media and Technology, 35 (2010) 1, S.31-52 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-9884
Schlagwörter	Design; Role Playing; Discourse Analysis; Thinking Skills; Literacy; Workshops; After School Programs; Transcripts (Written Records); Middle School Students; Program Descriptions; Learning Processes; Experiential Learning; Case Studies; Educational Technology; Electronic Learning; Computer Software; Computer Simulation; Simulated Environment; Access to Computers; Computer Uses in Education; Program Effectiveness; Program Implementation; Instructional Effectiveness; Psycholinguistics; Language Skills; Minority Groups; Disproportionate Representation; Disadvantaged; Internet; Games; Video Technology; New York; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rollenspiel; Diskursanalyse; Denkfähigkeit; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Learning process; Lernprozess; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Unterrichtsmedien; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Künstliche Umwelt; Computernutzung; Unterrichtserfolg; Psycholinguistik; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Ethnische Minderheit; Game; Spiel; Spiele
Abstract	This article presents the results of a three-year study of "Gamestar Mechanic" (www.gamestarmechanic.com), a flash-based multiplayer online role-playing game developed for the MacArthur Foundation's digital media learning initiative by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Gamelab in New York. The game's objective is to help children adopt a designer mindset, together with its associated forms of language and literacy in the context of computer game production. Using case studies and discourse analysis, this article examines the ways in which learning "the language of games" provided by "Gamestar Mechanic" can help even young students learn thinking skills and communication important to learners in the twenty-first century, and can help transform the way children understand the games they play in positive ways. (Contains 11 figures.) (As Provided).
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