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
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
Warcraft Teaches Spanish, Part 1 – Dan Roy – 2007
Games as an Ideal Learning Environment – Todd Bryant – 2007 (german language teaching).
World of Warcraft: The Educational Tool – Kenneth Pierce – 2007
Scientific Habits of Mind in Virtual Worlds – Constance Steinkuehler & Sean Dun – 2008
How World of Warcraft Promotes Innovation – John Hagel and John Seely Brown – 2009
15 Minutes of Fame: Learn to game, to game to learn – Lisa Poisso – 2009
Lessons for Entrepreneurs from World of Warcraft – ReadWriteWeb – Audrey Watters – 2010
BOOKS
World of Warcraft and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy) – Luke Cuddy (Editor), John Nordlinger (Editor) – Open Court (October 27, 2009)
PROJECTS
Falando em jogos históricos, viu essa proposta do Pará, o tema é a revolta da cabanagem.
http://www.larv.ufpa.br/
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.
Great blog post! Thanks for your insights!!!
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