2. JASON B. ALMONTE CEFERINO GABRIEL R. RAMIREZ REYNALDO R.
TUGADE BS COMPUTER ENGINEERING Implementation of a Digital
Game-based LearningEnvironmentfor Elementary Education
Undergraduate Student Project (2008) 3. Digital Game-based
Learning
- Creates a learner-centered, learner-guided environment.
- According to Begg, Dewhurst, and Ellaway (2003), this is a
description of a model paradigm for proactive self reflective
critical learning .
4. For Grade 6 Science CurriculumFor Apple Ipod Touch 5. Layers
of the Earth Game
- It is an adventure type of game.
- The main goal of the game is for the student s to venture
through the 5 different layersof the Earths atmosphereavoiding
obstacles and collectingcertain objects along the way.
- The game concludeswhen the player is able to
reachExosphere.
6. Educational Background 7. Goals
- Students should learn about the different characteristics of
each of the 5 layers of the Earth.
- Students should have the ability to define each layer in terms
of its chemical and physical properties.
- It should help the students to visualize what each layer looks
like.
- Integrate some topics about pollution in the Earths
atmosphere.
8. Gameplay and Control 9. The game was originally designed to
be an upward-scrolling adventure game wherein the players control a
spaceship to travel through the different layers of the
atmosphere.
- IPod Touch Accelerometer Feature
- Booster Button is designed to increase the velocity of the
rocket for certain duration.
- Maneuver button enables the rocket to avoid obstacles along the
way.
- Atlas Sprite and Title Maps to render background images and
collidable objectswithin the game.
10.
- IT HAS 7 DIFFERENT STATES, THE GAME PROLOGUE, EPILOGUE AND THE
5 GAME STATES CORRESPONDING TO THE 5 DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.
Game Timeline and Story Line 11.
- THE STRUCTURE OF THE GAME REVOLVES COMPLETELY UPON THE
COMMUNICATION IN BETWEEN GAME OBJECTS SPECIFICALLY THE MAPS, HUD,
ENEMY OBJECTS, AND THE MAIN CHARACTER.
Game Structure 12.
- DISASTER MITIGATION GAME COLLECTION
Other games 13. Advantages 14. Disadvantages 15. Thank you!