For our project on inquiry I want to dive deeper into learning and video games. I want to do this because earlier in my development I use to play a good bit of video games, and most people including my parents thought that they were worthless and just took all my time away. Hearing that video games can be constructive and actually help individuals learn is very encouraging to me, and I have played some a little bit more now. I want to investigate what certain video games are teaching people about learning. I am probably going to investigate a variety of games and their impact on learning. The variety that I will look at are NBA 2k13, Call of Duty Modern Warfare Three, and Assassins Creed 3. Each of these games are different in their play style and also how I play each one. For 2k13 I usually just play my player, which is where you create a player however you want and then you go through the draft process and summer league and then hopefully you make an NBA team. The catch to this game is that in the beginning you are terrible you can't dribble or shoot or anything, so it is hard to find your niche in the game. When I play CoD I usually just play online, and everyone is pretty much on a level field. I think it is more engaging to play than my player because it is competitive, and your not trying to outsmart a computer that has a detailed program but instead you're trying to outsmart ten other people. I can go on about how you play and everything, but that would get boring. For Assassins Creed I just play the story mode. In story mode they guide you along and give you different objectives that you must complete in order to progress through the story. Sometimes though you have to try a particular objective several times just to get past it. I think that this part relates heavily to what we have learned in class, because sometimes you have to look at a problem in different ways in order to figure out how to solve it. These are the games that I am hoping to dive deeper into. Do you have any suggestions of any types of games that I could use?
I know this is lame but board games can also be added! Some board games are really helpful in learning like Monopoly for example. I used to play Monopoly faithfully everyday for almost 3 months. It really helped me learn how to manage relationships, money, and property!
ReplyDeleteIm wondering if you still put those pictures inside of the actual pictures you put up. I never played video games as a kid because my parents thought they were the devil and when I turned 17 I got my first PS3. I don't think video games or board games hindered my learning because my parents always made me play outside as a child, so that's how I was raised.
ReplyDeleteWell I agree with what Patrick and Kedric said, board games might be cool but other then that I feel like you have all your bases pretty much covered. Sports, competitive gaming and more of a relaxed story based game. Nice use of trying to connect what we learned.
ReplyDeleteI think it is cool to look at games and see what we can take away from them. I think it would be cool if they made a game like assins creed that was like the actual story so onec you beat the game you know what happend in history. I think that would be cool.
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