Sounds like cool projects. Barring any unforeseen conflicts, I'll stop by. Thanks. 

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Lindsay Grace
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On Dec 2, 2011, at 8:05 AM, "Sean Duncan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> Well, it's the end of another successful IMS/EDP225: Games and
> Learning course.  On December 12th (the Monday of finals week), we'll
> be showing off the games designed in the course this semester in an
> informal (and snack-driven) "Games and Learning Showcase." We'll be
> meeting from 12:30pm-2:30pm in King Library's Thunder Room, so if
> you're interested in games designed for learning or social change,
> please feel free to stop on by during that time and check out the game
> prototypes developed by students in the course.
> 
> This semester, students took on a number of science-related projects
> to make three digital game prototypes, including creating a mod from
> Portal to teach physics, levels of Little Big Planet 2 to teach
> concepts from microbiology, and a game developed in GameMaker to teach
> concepts related to natural selection. On top of that, we'll have a
> number of print-and-play games the students designed this term,
> ranging from a simulation of the Great Depression to a few games
> intended to teach art history.  Students would love to get faculty
> feedback, and feel free to advertise this to your classes as well.
> 
> It should be fun, and if you have the time on Monday, December 12th
> from 12:30-2:30pm, we'd love to see you in the Thunder Room.
> 
> Best,
> 
> --sean
> 
> Sean C. Duncan
>    Armstrong Professor of Interactive Media Studies
>    Assistant Professor, School of Education, Health, and Society &
>    Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies
>    Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
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