Active and Interactive Learning

Dr. Steve Bunce

Active games

Walk it out

• Wii 'Walk it out‘

• http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/QjxsF6jis4Iwi8JzITnlU2-2EruJjG0Q#videos

Dance on broadway Wii

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=IIwiyY4AbAw&feature=related

WiiFit and WiiFit Plushttp://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/wii/wii_fit_plus_13584.html

WiiFit and WiiFit Plus

Gamercise stephttp://www.gamercize.net/ 

WiiJoghttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/wii-jog-the-stuff-of-our-nightmares-just-might-work-though/

ME2

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=85O4SX2fd5I&feature=related

Mana Viral video – treadmill

http://www.manapotions.com/fun.html

Fun?

Piano stairs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw&feature=related

Bottle Bank Arcadehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSiHjMU-MUo

Guitar Hero

Microsoft Ribbon Herohttp://www.officelabs.com/ribbonhero

Google image labeler http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/

Game-based learning?

Nintendo DS & brain training http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/7959722.stm

Professor Laytonhttp://professorlaytonwalkthrough.blogspot.com/ 

Mini Ninjashttp://www.minininjas.com/us/

Trauma Centre: Second Opinion

Trauma Centre: Second opinion    Team building – one surgeon, two advisers and two observers, guide the surgeon through the game http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=ORUBquKpLNE&feature=related

Haptics

UK Haptics Virtual Veins   http://www.ukhaptics.co.uk/Default.aspx

Game based learningFuturelab Racing Academy    http://www.futurelab.org.uk/projects/racing-academy

Skateboarding    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skate_It

Little Big Planet - game play and level creation, with real physics involved http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en-gb/

Game creation

• Scratch / Alice• Gamemaker• Greenfoot - Java• Kodu• XNA studio

• Programming e.g. C++

• Modeling e.g. Maya

Scratch (free)               http://scratch.mit.edu/ Gamemaker (free)        http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/ Microsoft Kodu (free)    http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/

Going outside?

QR codesQR Codes - can be printed and placed around an environment - a phone can read them and take you a webpage, video, audio file    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code

Barcodes - Stickybits http://www.stickybits.com/

Red laser phone app - reads barcodes and finds best price    http://redlaser.com/

Copenhagen wheel

http://senseable.mit.edu/copenhagenwheel/

Augmented reality

Augmented reality – Sony EyepetSony Eyepet        http://www.eyepet.com/home.cfm?lang=en_GB

Google Earth and Sketchup

Google Sketchup - 3D model creation     http://sketchup.google.com/ Google Earth        http://earth.google.co.uk/

AR sights

AR sights - augmented reality buildings e.g. Taj Mahal http://www.arsights.com/  

Controlling the games

Camera mouse

• Quick demohttp://www.cameramouse.org/

Mouse Mischief

• Multiple mice

• FREE addition to Powerpoint 2007/2010

• Can use wired and wireless mice

• http://www.microsoft.com/uk/multipoint/mouse-mischief/default.aspx

Neural Impulse Actuator

• Using the electrical signals in the muscles

• Can then be assigned different tasks

• Quick demo

• http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/ocz_peripherals/nia-neural_impulse_actuator

iPad - interactivityhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gew68Qj5kxw

PS3 move

Sony Move 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ybHddDMgM

Sony unveils Move, its PS3 motion controller 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10467340-52.html?tag=mncol;txt

Project Natal

You can believe in Microsoft's Project Natal  

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10255403-235.html?tag=mncol;txt

Project Natal is now called Kinect

(14-6-10)     

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/kinect/

…and relax!

http://jiscactive2010.posterous.com/

Twitter: @stevebunce

Email: steve.bunce@vital.ac.uk