Discussion Session2
From CS 160 Fall 2008
Interesting Link
Here is an interesting webite grockit.com. It enables multiple learners to use the browser as a platform to study together, with a feeling of "MMO online learning game". grockit.com just won an award from TechCrunch.com recently. Please watch the demo video on that website, it seems that several groups in this class are interested in educational games.
Suggestions To Your Class Project
- Try not to include solution as part of your task definaton
- Think about incentive/challenge mechanisms when you design a game
- Think about the opportunities in both single user games and games that are played togeter (either collaboratively or competitively, either located in the same physical location or in a virutal place on the internet
- Think about modalities other than keyborad/mouse. e.g. voice input/recognition, handwriting input/recognition, motion sensing etc. The instructor and the TA can provide you technical support and device/resource support when necessary.
