Tag Archives: Playing History

A Few More Site Ideas For Playing History: This Time From Mega Man

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Trevor

One more round of site theme ideas. I think I might really like this round. Do folks like these more or less then the last batch? I did not fill in all the content for these, just a few boxes … Continue reading →

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13 Free Online History Games

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Trevor

This is a quick smattering from the hundreds of different free online history games and interactives I have come across. This slice of the history games web underscores a few key points behind building the Playing History collaborative directory. First, … Continue reading →

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Creating History In New Media

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Trevor

I am excited to taking Jeremy Boggs course “Creating History In New Media” to round out my MA in American History. The syllabus is pretty exciting, if a bit overwhelming, mix of tech skills (HTML, CSS and using WordPress and … Continue reading →

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Darwin Quest RPG: Making Historical RPGs for Almost Nothing

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Trevor

Last Friday I was excited to rediscover RPG Maker, a windows only, no-programing skills necessary, platform for building role playing games. The tool allows you to create games with the look and feel of mid-nineties Super Nintendo Games like Final … Continue reading →

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Conversation Piece For THATCamp

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Trevor

This is just a quick post to get out a first pass at a rubric for assessing games for use in history classrooms for THATCamp. Click the image to see a bigger, more readable version. Most approaches to evaluating games, … Continue reading →

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Why we need to Play History

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Trevor

In the last few years there has been a wealth of interest in games for learning. A growing body of research on the educational value of games underlines the ways the can engage students like no previous media. There are … Continue reading →

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If They Use It, They Will Fund: Life Cycle for Expert Search Portals

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Trevor

There is no way around it, it will take substantial effort to keep Playing History viable for the future. This is a common feature for expert search style tools. The good news is that all sorts of groups already do … Continue reading →

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Playing History:Hacked Screen Shot

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Trevor

Here is a quick mock up of a individual games page for Playing History. (Click on the image to see it at its native resolution) Everything isn’t perfectly lined up but you get the picture.

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Playing History For An Audiance

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Trevor

So far I am calling my video games resource for teachers “Playing History.” As I am imagining the resource there are four potential audiences, and each of the audiences would enter the picture at different stages, and each would have … Continue reading →

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A Use Case for Playing History: Games for the Classroom

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Trevor

Kevin Ryan a 9th grade world history in Fairfax Virginia is planing out a unit on Vikings. Looking over his lectures and activities he realizes it would be great to have his students spend half a lesson using a game … Continue reading →

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