http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#discussion http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2426 So this is very nice :). I'm very interested in the pedagogy of setting this up as a game. So, you have a goal (find oil) and a reward (good grade). Is the class set up as a game where they compete or try to keep the company going? What do you think the game like task (find oil) does in terms of motivation? focusing learning? Thoughts on how/why this works in the classroom? Thoughts on why the simulation is important beyond a data management tool? Cathy]]> Cathy Manduca 1208875800 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2426 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2447 I love this. I'm sure you have already considered this but I think this lends itself to a 3d data rich object that could be interrogated. I could even see different teams working simultaneously (even at cross purposes) to solve this structure.]]> Mike Kelly 1208879400 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2447 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2455
We do a version of a oil game in class on paper. I think you are right, these find-the-resource games are a good application of the gaming technique.

At Fairbanks, where there was an interesting in ore deposits, we did another paper exercise similar to your. Again, nice to see how to get these into a gaming environment.

Cheers, Sam]]> Sam Swanson 1208880240 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2455 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2461 The companies exist for only two lab sessions. The first two labs are followed by a lab on the social ramifications of resource exploitation in some impacted nation. (I'm developing these with the Director of International Studies at UW.) In the next lab, they start a new case study, e.g. coal, uranium. If the groups aren't working well, I shuffle the students around. Thus in this format there isn't much sense in trying to making keeping the companies going a goal. Students give oral and written reports on their exploration and assessment programs. The simulations really seem to bring together all the geology, economics and sociology we are discussing in lecture. Focus groups indicate the students really like the case studies.]]> James Myers 1208881020 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2461 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2462 I've thought about 3D, but think its beyond my resources. A simulation that extends the maps and cross-sections would be valuable. Jimm]]> James Myers 1208881140 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/myers.html#post2462