games – THATCamp Harrisburg 2013 http://hbg2013.thatcamp.org Just another THATCamp site Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:47:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Dork Short: Submrge: Deeper Thinking About Games in Education http://hbg2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/26/dork-short-submrge-deeper-thinking-about-games-in-education/ Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:34:15 +0000 http://hbg2013.thatcamp.org/?p=247 Continue reading ]]>

Submrge.org encourages teachers to use/discuss games in their classroom by giving them information that details the specific educational values of games as they are released. Although specifically tailored to K12, the project is founded upon the work of THATCampers who’ve done extensive work using games “as text” in educational settings.
This project is a collaboration between HistoriQuest LLC and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. The project has just received a second round of funding from the Ludus Project’s Games and Learning Initiative.

HistoriQuest LLC is also presently building an augmented reality application for mobile devices for a Civil War era archaeological site managed by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites at Magnolia Spring State Park, and is working on location-based applications for Google Glass.

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Workshop – Digital Storytelling in the Humanities http://hbg2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/02/workshop-digital-storytelling-in-the-humanities/ Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:08:21 +0000 http://hbg2013.thatcamp.org/?p=181 Continue reading ]]>
Stories were once the primary medium for sharing knowledge and culture.  Stories captivate our senses and excite our imagination.  Today’s digital technologies allow us to bring the medium back into prominence by allowing media convergence, social interaction and audience (learner) involvement in the story.
Join this session to explore technologies, strategies and resources for story creation, student interaction and games in education.
Facilitators: Charles Palmer and Andy Petroski
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