Etcetera

A list of resources and tools that I use or have developed to help me with my coursework or research.

Templates

Feel free to use these. Change it. Share your suggestions. Make it better.

• Game High Concept - short document providing an executive view of the game. Customized for learning games includes word-formatting. Modified from a gaming course I took with Professor Deborah Solomon through studygaming.com.
• Game Design Document - for use in planning, prototyping educational games. Modified from Professor Deborah Solomon's version.
• Paper Template - includes nice header, word styling and works cited section
• DDR Game Tournament - Play 32 peoople in a Dance Dance Revolution Tournament.

 

Tutorials

I created movies teaching some of the things I know using my favorite tools. Here are some how tos:

• How to create named links in Dreamweaver - Ever wanted to create a navigation with links to different parts of your page? Try this tutorial. Note: Some of the mousing and typing does not display.

 

Other Gaming and LearningSchools

• Utah State University Creative Learning Environments Lab offers a course on instructional gaming and interactive fiction
• Montgomery College - offers a degree in game design. Does not focus on learning design. www.studygaming.com