[game_edu] Games for Learning Institute & Motorola Foundation Competition

[Susan Gold]

Can you make an entire school curriculum into a learning game and  
still make it fun? Will players be able to apply what they learn to  
new problems long after the game has ended?  Can the same game benefit  
players of different abilities and levels of knowledge?

Teachers, principals, and school administrators are starting to ask  
these questions, and there is growing demand for effective games for  
learning. One of the key academic subjects that many believe could be  
made into a game is basic geometry for 6th graders, which includes  
skills like solving for the missing angle in a triangle and finding  
perimeter, area, and surface area of simple shapes. But is it possible  
to make this fun?

The Games for Learning Institute (G4LI) and the Motorola Foundation  
think it is and are challenging developers to create such learning  
games through the 2010 Games for Learning Design Competition.  
Contestants will create and submit their own game for learning basic  
sixth grade geometry.

Entrants will choose five New York state standards that their game  
will address, and then create a learning game to teach those standards  
and demonstrate that the learning goal was achieved. The first-place  
winner will be awarded $5,000. Cash prizes will also be awarded to 2nd  
through 5th place winners.

Entrants must register by December 12, 2010 (11:59 p.m. EST). The  
contest is open to the general public. Entries are due January 12,  
2011 (11:59 p.m. EST). For more information about how to register,  
game design requirements, and judging details, please  
visitwww.g4li.org or call 212.998.3342.

Select entrants will have the opportunity to demo their games to  
professional game researchers and designers at the Games for Learning  
Design Competition Expo to be held on January 30, 2011, 2-4 p.m. at  
NYU’s Kimmel Center for University Life, Rosenthal Pavilion (60  
Washington Square South at LaGuardia Place).

The G4LI is a joint research endeavor of Microsoft Research and a  
consortium of universities. The partners include Columbia University,  
the City University of New York (CUNY), Dartmouth College, Parsons,  
Polytechnic Institute of NYU, the Rochester Institute of Technology,  
Chile’s Pontifical Catholic University, and Teachers College as well  
as NYU. The Institute’s aim is to identify which qualities of computer  
games engage students and develop relevant, personalized teaching  
strategies that can be applied to the learning process. For more, go tohttp://g4li.org 
.

-- 
Susan Gold
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!
- J. G. Ballard







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