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Game-based Learning in Virtual Worlds (a case study from Ireland)

James Corbett
James Corbett

Esther Lambe, principal at St. Kierans National School discusses how her primary school students used the MissionV virtual world in a game-based learning programme.

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Game-based Learning in Virtual Worlds Esther Lambe, Principal, St. Kierans National School & James Corbett, CEO, MissionV Education
Background 2 Teacher 27 children rural school Shared LS RT teacher Agriculture and farming Children from local town
September Day Course Positives Child centred/child led Authoring programs/content free Variety of abilities/backgrounds Negatives No idea how it would work Teacher input? Log in/supervision/ parental support
Teacher View Set up Groups of mixed ability, boys/girls Explore Virtual World Brainstorm for Science challenges Research topics/record Consider Literacy/Numeracy objectives Continuous Evaluation a must
Childs View We are doing a project on the virtual world. The project is based on living things. There are two groups on the whole 16 acres. 3rd and 4th class is working on half of the land and 5th and 6th is is working on the other half of the land. I am doing the water cycle and John and Eoin are doing the bog life and animals. We have nearly spent all our time looking up information about how a bog is formed. John and I did bog in a bottle and our experiment is to do the P.H on the bog in the bottle. We are hoping we will do well. By: Dan
The Beginning
Relig Farm On mission v me, Emma and Aine are doing about water pollution and river life. We have blocks with river life on them and were going to make them move. When you are spreading slurry you have to stay 5 meters away from the river. I like Mission V because you can fly, talk and walk . I think it is so cool . If I had my own 16 acres I would have a horse ranch and the education would be measuring the saddles and tacks and it would be fun at the same time. By Ciara
Tour of Breachoill VirtualWorld videos, tour of Breachoill - http: //youtu.be/bgbhm5PRguc
Droighneach Farm First we downloaded Imprudence. Then we put in the grid called Mission V http://missionv.ie:1909 Our teacher put us into 5 groups of 3 The groups were based on our Placenames project. Then we picked out our Science Challenges and we picked our land in the North. We downloaded Scratch for Open Sim. Then we practiced Scratch for Open Sim. We made a gate, built our house, decided one two or three storeys. We put a floor down, put textures on the walls, made stairs, and made the kitchen. We made a second floor, made our couches, our tv. Then we learned about Yeast and Pasteurisation and made bread rise. We did experiments. We used 3 Green Eggs
Then we showed how we learned about yeast and pasteurisation by putting posters up in the Virtual World. We put uniforms on our Avatars to show our schools identity when we were visiting other schools. We made the doors swivel using Scratch. We made the light turn on and off We made the oven door swing out We made the plate of Yeast bread rise We made the back kitchen, the extension, the attic, Chelsea moved in and we made the trampoline, decorated the extension and took down our Christmas decorations. We got information about Yeast and Pasteurisation We built a model of Virtual World We put information on posters using coloured paper.
Game based learning Virtual world is a good game. The virtual world is educational. We do new things on virtual world each week. Me, Aine and Ciara are doing this project on how the water gets polluted on the virtual world. You can build whatever you want to build on virtual world such as build a gate I learned a lot from virtual world. You can do many projects on virtual world. You can also teleport to people.
Concerns No Previous Knowledge Addicted?.. Parent Time constraints / Time limit Organisation and timetable Learning styles/learning targets Curriculum /WSE Inspector
Benefits New Experience game based Child centred team work Catalyst for Learning all subject areas Child with poor attendance Group Interaction ..one exception Problem solving/critical thinking Creative and fun Affirmation
Group Problem solving
Quotes: I learnt a lot while doing the Virtual World. I learnt when something does not work to keep at it. I think in the future Virtual World should be used for History ..like what townlands were like long ago.. It is good for teamwork too..John It is a great learning experience.I learnt angles for Maths. It also is good for problem solving like making the drops move in the water cycle.. Dan We had a problem trying to get the doors to swivel but Gr叩inne got it.Eadaoin
I really like the Virtual World and I also like the feeling you get when you make something really cool. Id give it ten out of tenAnna We learned a lot of stuff in two weeks.. Cathal It was cool doing the cows digestive systemSean It went all bonkers but we fixed it up and it was grand.Gr叩inne
Water Cycle Virtual World videos - tour of Water Cycle - http://youtu.be/cwMia8vB_kc
Regional Final Science Competition st 1 Place
Applications now open! If you'd like your school to get on next term's MissionV (game-based learning in virtual worlds) programme please apply here - http://www.MissionV.ie/apply
@MissionVHQ facebook.com/MissionV james@missionv.ie

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Game-based Learning in Virtual Worlds (a case study from Ireland)

  • 1. Game-based Learning in Virtual Worlds Esther Lambe, Principal, St. Kierans National School & James Corbett, CEO, MissionV Education
  • 2. Background 2 Teacher 27 children rural school Shared LS RT teacher Agriculture and farming Children from local town
  • 3. September Day Course Positives Child centred/child led Authoring programs/content free Variety of abilities/backgrounds Negatives No idea how it would work Teacher input? Log in/supervision/ parental support
  • 4. Teacher View Set up Groups of mixed ability, boys/girls Explore Virtual World Brainstorm for Science challenges Research topics/record Consider Literacy/Numeracy objectives Continuous Evaluation a must
  • 5. Childs View We are doing a project on the virtual world. The project is based on living things. There are two groups on the whole 16 acres. 3rd and 4th class is working on half of the land and 5th and 6th is is working on the other half of the land. I am doing the water cycle and John and Eoin are doing the bog life and animals. We have nearly spent all our time looking up information about how a bog is formed. John and I did bog in a bottle and our experiment is to do the P.H on the bog in the bottle. We are hoping we will do well. By: Dan
  • 7. Relig Farm On mission v me, Emma and Aine are doing about water pollution and river life. We have blocks with river life on them and were going to make them move. When you are spreading slurry you have to stay 5 meters away from the river. I like Mission V because you can fly, talk and walk . I think it is so cool . If I had my own 16 acres I would have a horse ranch and the education would be measuring the saddles and tacks and it would be fun at the same time. By Ciara
  • 8. Tour of Breachoill VirtualWorld videos, tour of Breachoill - http: //youtu.be/bgbhm5PRguc
  • 9. Droighneach Farm First we downloaded Imprudence. Then we put in the grid called Mission V http://missionv.ie:1909 Our teacher put us into 5 groups of 3 The groups were based on our Placenames project. Then we picked out our Science Challenges and we picked our land in the North. We downloaded Scratch for Open Sim. Then we practiced Scratch for Open Sim. We made a gate, built our house, decided one two or three storeys. We put a floor down, put textures on the walls, made stairs, and made the kitchen. We made a second floor, made our couches, our tv. Then we learned about Yeast and Pasteurisation and made bread rise. We did experiments. We used 3 Green Eggs
  • 10. Then we showed how we learned about yeast and pasteurisation by putting posters up in the Virtual World. We put uniforms on our Avatars to show our schools identity when we were visiting other schools. We made the doors swivel using Scratch. We made the light turn on and off We made the oven door swing out We made the plate of Yeast bread rise We made the back kitchen, the extension, the attic, Chelsea moved in and we made the trampoline, decorated the extension and took down our Christmas decorations. We got information about Yeast and Pasteurisation We built a model of Virtual World We put information on posters using coloured paper.
  • 11. Game based learning Virtual world is a good game. The virtual world is educational. We do new things on virtual world each week. Me, Aine and Ciara are doing this project on how the water gets polluted on the virtual world. You can build whatever you want to build on virtual world such as build a gate I learned a lot from virtual world. You can do many projects on virtual world. You can also teleport to people.
  • 12. Concerns No Previous Knowledge Addicted?.. Parent Time constraints / Time limit Organisation and timetable Learning styles/learning targets Curriculum /WSE Inspector
  • 13. Benefits New Experience game based Child centred team work Catalyst for Learning all subject areas Child with poor attendance Group Interaction ..one exception Problem solving/critical thinking Creative and fun Affirmation
  • 15. Quotes: I learnt a lot while doing the Virtual World. I learnt when something does not work to keep at it. I think in the future Virtual World should be used for History ..like what townlands were like long ago.. It is good for teamwork too..John It is a great learning experience.I learnt angles for Maths. It also is good for problem solving like making the drops move in the water cycle.. Dan We had a problem trying to get the doors to swivel but Gr叩inne got it.Eadaoin
  • 16. I really like the Virtual World and I also like the feeling you get when you make something really cool. Id give it ten out of tenAnna We learned a lot of stuff in two weeks.. Cathal It was cool doing the cows digestive systemSean It went all bonkers but we fixed it up and it was grand.Gr叩inne
  • 17. Water Cycle Virtual World videos - tour of Water Cycle - http://youtu.be/cwMia8vB_kc
  • 18. Regional Final Science Competition st 1 Place
  • 19. Applications now open! If you'd like your school to get on next term's MissionV (game-based learning in virtual worlds) programme please apply here - http://www.MissionV.ie/apply