New Media and the Arts: A Force for Change
Fully 99% of boys and 94% of girls play video games.
Game playing is also social, with most teens playing games with others at least some of the time, and can incorporate many aspects of civic and political life.
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Sunday October 18, 2009
Barry Joseph, Global Kids <olp.globalkids.org>
Games
Social
Media
Game Design
Drill and Skill
Serious Games
Critical Gameplay
Media Masters
Through their participation in the after school program youth's experience involved:
- Engaging in activities that require useful life skills related to communication and collaboration;
- Learning about social issues;
- Realizing what goes into designing and creating a good game; and
- Gaining general computers skills.
Bottom-up
User-created
Distributed
Free
Top-down
Expert-created
Centralized
$$$
Virtual
Worlds