Teaching with Games
Summary
Teaching with Games was a year-long project investigating the place of mainstream commercial computer games in the classroom. The project aimed to provide practical and informed evidence of the implications and potential of the use of these games in school, and an informed strategy for future educational development requirements, based upon collaborative discussions between industry and the education community.
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Project type and status
Research project: completed
Outcomes/Publications
Teaching with Games: Final report (1mb pdf)
Teaching with Games: Guidance for educators (337kb pdf)
St Johns Student Research Group report (184kb pdf)
Survey on students' attitudes to games and learning (109kb pdf)
Survey on teachers' attitudes to games and learning (123kb pdf)
Final report press release (2 October 2006)
Teaching with Games presentation at BETT 2007 (605kb pdf)