Let's Build an Open Collaborative Repository of Historical Games
Presented at the American Association for History and Computing’s
Annual Conference, April 4th, 2009
Trevor Owensplayinghistory.org and [email protected]
PRETEND THIS IS FIVE SLIDES ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT GAMES AND EDUCATION...
GOOD, NOW LETS MOVE ON
EVERYBODY IS MAKING FREE HISTORY GAMES
SOME ARE VERY NEAT
OTHERS, NOT SO MUCH…
FAIL
SO HOW DO WE FIND THEM?
AND WHEN WE FIND THEM THEN WHAT??
HOW DO THE GAMES ARGUMENTS WORK WITH AND AGAINST OTHER PRESENTATIONS OF HISTORICAL CONTENT?
HOW DO THESE GAMES CONNECT TO TEACHERS NEEDS?
THIS ONES EASY! WE CAN SOLVE IT!
1. LETS CATALOG THEM
2. RATE AND REVIEW THEM
THE HISTORIANS CAN MUSE ABOUT HISTORICITY
TEACHERS CAN TALK ABOUT TEACHABILITY,
WHILE STUDENTS PLAY GAMES AND CRITIQUE THEIR ARGUMENTS
SO REGISTER,
AND LETS GET STARTED!
