Eleven of our 12 students enjoyed their first experience in VR and showed the enthusiasm to want to develop their own story-game after trying it out. The students enjoyed hearing from a casual, energetic and knowledgeable speaker, VR Industry Expert Dr. Evie Powell of Verge of Brilliance. They spent more than a half hour asking […]
Before the second part of the workshop, where students will record their games into virtual reality in a motion capture studio, they needed to act out their story to demonstrate the power of their game-based learning.• All students and mentors were very engaged in acting out scenario to guide player to correctly answer questions• Students […]
Once students established the question, to make the game interesting they built stories around the right answer to integrate knowledge and memory retention into a fun environment.• Through creativity, innovation, and collaboration, 2/3 of students and mentors quickly turned questions into story for their game • Students used deductive and hypothetical reasoning to express high levels […]
We explained and employed game mechanics as students shifted from being consumers of content to producers, which spurred critical-thinking skills• Student-centered, mastery-based methodology helped all the students understand the concept of advancing to next levels by having future players answer subject-related questions: One about release, the other about absorption • All teams were able to synthesize […]
To further students’ cognitive development, we provided a refresher on the day’s learning subject, the Carbon Cycle, which also prepared them for game-making.• Animated TEDed video on the carbon cycle had students’ rapt attention and increased learning velocity, followed by the moderator’s whiteboard drawings to help ingrain concepts • Students split into groups, which created […]
We started the day with our students by introducing motion capture technology and game-making with a video about the behind-the-scenes creation of the “Planet of the Apes” film. Students and mentors then played icebreaker games together to become comfortable with one another and facilitate better learning outcomes. Games based on memorization and critical thinking personalized […]