[game_edu] Interactive Fiction Games for Mobile Learning?

[Tiffany Taylor Attaway]

Thanks Siobhan! I will check that out.

Tiffany


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Siobhan Thomas <four at nucleus.com> wrote:


> This is not at all interactive fiction but I just downloaded the duolingo

> app. It was quite interesting and I could see how that structure could be

> used for IF.

>

> Sent from my iPhone

>

> On 7 May 2013, at 15:41, Clara Fernandez <telmah at mit.edu> wrote:

>

> Hi, Tiffany,

>

> 1. I have only found 2 games in the Interactive Fiction Database that may

> fit what you're looking for, a game to teach German and another to teach

> English

> Ausflug am Wochenende nach München

> http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=rurv9kv8vm3rve4r

> London http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=ztw7mqwosxv2mia0

>

> 2. There is plenty of interactive fiction on iPad right now. Some of it

> can be programmed in Inform / Glux and then played on Frotz for iOS or

> Twisty for Android. Recent releases are standalone apps for iOS, such as

> The Warbler's Nest, Shade, The Dreamhold, Host Sail for the Heliopause and

> Home.

>

> For more information on IF and resources, you can start here

> http://pr-if.org/

>

> Hope this helps!

>

> Clara

>

> 2013/5/7 Tiffany Taylor Attaway <jiminica at gmail.com>

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> I'm doing some information-gathering and I'm hoping you all can give me

>> some leads, as the things I'm researching are not necessarily easy to

>> google and come up with concrete answers. Plus I was given this assignment

>> yesterday and my proposal is due Thursday!

>>

>> My organization wants to create a tool/game for language learning that

>> can be used on a mobile device. One of the ideas under consideration is

>> that of using the interactive fiction game model of a parser that the user

>> "talks" (types) to and gets feedback.

>>

>> 1. Are there any interactive fiction games, or games that use a parser to

>> decipher language input from the user, that are used for educational

>> purposes? We're interested in examining those that teach a language or ESL,

>> but I would like to look at some from other content domains in the research

>> phase.

>>

>> 2. Are there any interactive fiction games, or games that use a parser to

>> decipher language input from the user, that work on a mobile device?

>>

>> I'd appreciate any directions that you can point me in. I've got links to

>> some IF sites and a copy of a book on IF, so any suggestions you can give

>> me to narrow my search are greatly appreciated.

>>

>> Thanks!

>>

>> Tiffany Taylor Attaway

>> jiminica at gmail.com

>>

>>

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