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Using the Sims 3 for Narrative Construction in Secondary Education: A Multimedia Experience in Language Classes
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Author(s): Natalia Monjelat (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain), Mirian Checa (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain), Ana Belén García Varela (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain), Héctor Del Castillo (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)and David Herrero (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 34
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New Pedagogical Approaches in Game Enhanced Learning: Curriculum Integration
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Sara de Freitas (University of Coventry, UK), Michela Ott (Institute for Educational Technology of the Italian National Research Council, Italy), Maria Magdalena Popescu (Carol I National Defence University, Romania)and Ioana Stanescu (Advanced Distributed Learning, Romania)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3950-8.ch010
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Abstract
In this chapter, the authors explore an innovative educational classroom scenario where commercial video games are used as an educational tool. They analyse an experiment involving students between the ages of 12 and 13, during the second semester of 2010, in a “Language and Literature” class of a Spanish Secondary School. The main aim of this chapter is to develop new literacies through new educational strategies. These relate commercial video games with the curriculum in order to improve students’ specific cultural competences and social skills. The authors show how the social simulation video game “The Sims 3” can be used as a learning resource for students to create narratives and descriptions using a variety of media.
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