morten soby, climate mystery, edu gaming: a norwegian case, pic meeting, 05/11/09, brussels
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Presentation made for the PIC meeting, 05/11/09, in Brussels Climate Mystery, a Norwegian case: edu-gaming, by Morten Søby (ITU)TRANSCRIPT
climatemysteryNorwegian case: edu-gaming Morten Søby (ITU)
torsdag 5. november 2009
EUN/PIC Brussels www.itu.no
FORSKNINGS-OGKOMPETANSENETTVERKFORITIUTDANNING
Context:Norway
National research and competence network for ICT in education (ITU, University of Oslo)www.itu.no
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NETWORKFORIT-RESEARCHANDCOMPETENCEINEDUCATION
www.itu.no EUN/PIC Brussels
Context:Norway
National education reform in 2006/2007 a new national curriculum for primary and
secondary schools a major aim is to strengthen basic competencies for
Norwegian pupils with ICT as one of the five basic competencies now integrated in the curriculum
Programme for Digital Competence (2004-2008) eNorway 2009; focus on the development of ICT skills and digital competence
torsdag 5. november 2009
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Newcurriculum:Scienceyear7
to know how to: “publish results of their own investigations by using digital tools”.
...“making relevant weather measurements and presenting the results using digital tools” (data loggers or digital thermometers)
torsdag 5. november 2009
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Challenge
How to motivate students for MST? Maybe wrong q MST - strange alien? Create learning spaces - driven by motivation,
inspiration, inquiry and job market
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Games
James Paul Gee good commercial games are
built on sound learning principles
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Gamesandlearning
Gee (2008):“...it turns out that at the cutting edge of science scientists often talk and think as if they were inside not only the simulations they build, but even the graphs they draw.”
game technologies hold out great promise, beyond entertainment, for building new learning systems for serious purposes in and out of school
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5zones
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Climatemystery-concept
Online learning universe and ARG – alternate reality game
running this autumn in conjunction with the UN’s global climate summit COP15
Licensing is free of charge School usage is free of charge
Language: English In September, a mysterious force has begun to
threaten our planet.Through Internet: youth all over the world will work together for 4 months to solve the mystery and save the planet
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www.climatemystery.com
Partners: Microsoft WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
Norway: Norwegian Centre for Science Education Newspapers, TV2, ICT-industry, Accenture... 60 Norwegian libraries «answer service»: chat, e-mail and
SMS http://biblioteksvar.no/
torsdag 5. november 2009
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www.itu.no
www.ap.no/klimamysteriet
Norwegian site: www.ap.no/klimamysteriet Teacher guide Feed with articles/reports: Cop 15 climate
torsdag 5. november 2009
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ClimateMystery:gatewaytoMST?
combines education, entertainment and social networking through the interactive drama and use of internet students are
encouraged to communicate and cooperate, to be creative and to develop their critical thinking to solve the Climate Mystery and help save the world.
Today there is a great amount of focus on the environment and global warming. new and innovative way for the next generation to learn about
climate issues provides teachers with an interactive medium and detailed
lesson plans to engage students in debate around key issues using technology and to teach the natural sciences and English
www.innovativeteachers.com
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Topics
torsdag 5. november 2009
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www.itu.no Klimamysteriet
Subjects
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Userfacts
1 out of 10 visitors to the site becomes a registered user
40 % of all visitors return at least once 98 different countries represented among visitors Users spend an average of 10-11 minutes at the
site per visit 3492 unique users in Norway (TWO WEEKS AGO)
(before TV news)
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Thankyou!!!
torsdag 5. november 2009
NETWORKFORIT-RESEARCHANDCOMPETENCEINEDUCATION
www.itu.no 10.09.08 Seoul
thefutureis...
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ICTinfrastructure
• Pupils per computer in compulsory school was reduced from 6.5 in 2005 to 3.46 in 2007 • The corresponding figures for upper
secondary school level are 1.8 an 1.0»Over 95 per cent of all computers in compulsory
school are connected to the Internet, upper secondary 100%’’.
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