Post by leunas on Jan 30, 2007 16:18:41 GMT -5
"Adventure Author": children creating games as a learning aid
Researchers from the Heriot-Watt University are creating "Adventure Author", a software whose goal is to enable young children to create simple games while enhancing their education.
Source: Scenta News. ( www.scenta.co.uk/scenta/news.cfm?cit_id=1452439&FAArea1=widgets.content_view_1 )
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Researchers from the Heriot-Watt University are creating "Adventure Author", a software whose goal is to enable young children to create simple games while enhancing their education.
The objective is to show that computer games, as well as being fun, offer a great way of motivating pupils to learn.
They can develop their creativity, and in many cases, generate better results than conventional teaching methods.
Adventure Author will allow 10-14 year olds to design and build 3D, interactive fantasy-based computer games.
Children will be involved in developing characters, writing dialogue, plot-structuring and visual design, as well as dealing with technical programming issues and testing/evaluating the games.
Source: Scenta News. ( www.scenta.co.uk/scenta/news.cfm?cit_id=1452439&FAArea1=widgets.content_view_1 )
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