Tag Archives | Serious Games & Simulations

Gamification is Coming. Are You Ready?

By on January 18, 2011 in Educational Technology, Games & Simulations, Next Tech

The debate about the use of game mechanics in digital media — lately known as gamification — hardly started  before being overtaken by tools, workshops and service providers all too willing to use game techniques to tart up your latest digital masterpiece. But many in the gaming world are complaining “Not so fast!” and The [...]

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Vanquishing Algebraic Terrors

By on October 10, 2008 in Games & Simulations

I confess that I came to loath Algebra class when I was in school, but times change and now kids are studying coordinate systems, irrational numbers (considering the swooning market aren’t all numbers irrational today?), logarithms, linear equations, fractional exponents and polynomials by playing video games. Though some will always be skeptical that students are [...]

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Florida Gets Serious About Math

By on September 20, 2008 in Games & Simulations

Better late than never – and just in time for the presedential election - the state of Florida is getting serious about math. New York serious game company Tabula Digita (New York Serious Game Developer Raises $6M) announced the sale of their supplemental pre-algebra and algebra DimensionM video game to 24 middle schools in Broward County, Florida, [...]

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Who Sees WoW Better?

Who Sees WoW Better?

By on September 16, 2008 in Business & Marketing, Games & Simulations, Social Media, The Biosphere

I began playing World of Warcraft when I was a suit for Pearson. Though I worked my way up to a L20-something Paladin, the daily 4 hours as a commuter and on the phone, and 10 hours at the computer and on the phone killed my interest in grinding higher. Still, WoW was compelling and [...]

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