Image via Wikipediadesire to create explore put self in the place of the player watch people play
know basics of game structure – how to set up story for player at beginning, how to let player know what to do first how to structure the story how to pace the story to give breaks int he [...]
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notes from game education summit – ideal level design candidate
notes from game education summit – PlayStation program to get hardware into schools
Image via WikipediaMark Danks – sr mgr, developer support, Sony mark_danks@playstation.sony.edu (???)
brand new program – application @psp-edu.scedeve.net
colleges, education focused, not R&D, for classroom use, not for arts and designers – it’s for CS and engineers, hardware focus, not about the game play – its to train engineers assembler coers, for the PSP and PS2
C# and [...]
notes from game educaton summit – starting a game program
Image via Wikipediainterdisciplinary programs are good but have to decide who’s in charge, who gets to make decisions, who makes decisions about tenure, who pays
game program as part of bigger tech/web/storytelling focus at UT_Dallas, 3 different schools involved – AS (they’re incharge), Science & engineeringk business
might have a certificate program open to everyone – ASU [...]
notes from the game education summit, Dallas June 2008
industry wants college graduates that they hire to be credible talented professional, smart people, driven, result oriented, experience with teamwork, passionate about games, customer focused want to learn, have the skills they need not expecting specific tech skills or industry experience for some of their entry level jobs
game design undergrad alone may not be enough [...]
reading notes – in-depth interviews
not just talking – more active process to create meaning
good way to get exploratory, descriptive, explanatory data
can use alone or together with other methods both qual and quant
take less time to get data than observations/field work – get examples for thick description, get better understanding of a topic you don’t know much about
quant interviews – [...]
a form to use for peer to peer evaluation
Your name: ________________________________
Peer reviewer’s name: ________________________________
Title of project: ________________________________
1. Two compliments about the work are:
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2. Two suggestions about the work are:
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Note: Have the peer reviewer use “I†statements for this step:
I would like to know more about…
I am not sure what this means….
I would like to know more details about….
3. Any other ideas or comments:
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Note: [...]
article about peer feedback – http://www.ccsu.edu/teachexcelessays/making_peer_feddback_more_valuab.htm
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notes about analyzing observation data from hesse-biber & leavy
inductive process – you have lots of bits of data – have to figure out what htey mean
ethnography data analysis look at description – your notes are a view into a specific setting (all the people, the physical look and feel of the place, the activities)
your job – piece all the notes together to tell [...]
notes about collecting observation data from hesse-biber & leavy
collect data on an ongoing basis – in the field when possible, as soon as you get home otherwise
collecting and analyzing go on simultaneously (collection = write down our observations and ideas) & analysis (write down what you think is going on)
can’t watch everything – so ask what else is going on that you’re missing [...]
notes about observation from hesse-biber & leavy
complete observer
your identity as a research is hidden, don’t interact with people around you, just take notes/make video/sit behind one-way mirror
your study doesn’t interfere with what you’re observing, doesn’t change it
you can’t clarify anything tho, can’t ask questions about what you’re seeing while you’re seeing it so you dn’t know for sure thatyour interpretation is [...]
