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1 Gaming & Education Creating & Sharing in the Name of Science R. Mark Matthews Durham Technical CC

2 “Modding” Doom (1993)

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5 Modern Modding Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)

6 http://youtu.be/QMNpVrrELDM “Galactic Warfare”

7 “Play, Create, Share” - Model Add tools within the game itself to allow players to create their own content and share it with others Benefit to consumer: More content after completing the game (for free!). Benefit to developer: Consumer continues playing their game, less likely to sell game back to GameStop, etc.

8 Spore (PC, 2008) http://www.spore.com/sporepedia

9 LittleBigPlanet (PS3, 2008) Over 4 million user-created levels

10 “[I]nspired by the possibilities that new technologies offer us for shaping how we learn, teach, communicate, create, and organize our local and global communities.” hastac.org

11 Digital Media & Learning Competitions HASTAC & The MacArthur Foundation Game Changers Competition designed to find "and to inspire" the most novel uses of new media in support of learning. Create levels in Spore: GA and LBP that promote and encourage STEM-related principles. dmlcompetition.net

12 Levels created to date:  Chemistry Lab, Pt 1: http://lbp.me/v/968cy http://lbp.me/v/968cy  Chemistry Lab, Pt 2: http://lbp.me/v/drdyb http://lbp.me/v/drdyb  Chemistry Lab II: http://lbp.me/v/wb7cdf http://lbp.me/v/wb7cdf  Periodic Table Quiz: http://lbp.me/v/09ws-d http://lbp.me/v/09ws-d

13 Contact Info  www.rmarkmatthews.com www.rmarkmatthews.com  PSN: Tarheel_Mark


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