iLearn ProjectiLearn Project

By Carlotta Eaton East Coast Game ConferenceApril 2011

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Agenda Agenda The iLearn Project PartnersGames and EducationNRCC Game ProgramsThe iLearn TeamiPhone Apps Store – Our Games

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iLearn Project TeamiLearn Project TeamEnhancing Education Through Enhancing Education Through Technology Technology Grant from Virginia DOEGrant from Virginia DOE

Carlotta EatonProfessor, Information TechnologyDirector, Game Technology ProgramsNew River Community CollegeEmail: ceaton@nr.edu Phone: (540) 674-3600 x4250www.nr.edu/eaton and www.nr.edu/it

Dr. Matt Dunleavy Assistant Professor, Instructional TechnologySchool of Teacher Education & LeadershipRadford UniversityEmail: mdunleavy@radford.edu Phone: (540) 831-5168gameslab.radford.edu/ilearn/

Pulaski County SchoolsRadford City SchoolsVirginia Department of EducationApple

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iTouch Project Partners iTouch Project Partners

NEW RIVER NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE GAME COLLEGE GAME PROGRAMSPROGRAMS

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NRCC Game Technology NRCC Game Technology ProgramsProgramsFirst Game programs in Virginia Started in Fall 2006Information Technology AAS

DegreeGame Design Specialization

Computer Aided Design AAS DegreeGame Technology & Animation Specialization

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NRCC Game CurriculumNRCC Game CurriculumITD 120 Design Concepts for Mobile

Applications (iPhone, ObjectiveC)CSC 200 Intro to CS (Python, Lego Robotics)ITP 160 Intro to Game Design &

Development (GameMaker)ITP 134 C++.NET Programming (DarkGDK)ITP 120/220 Java I and II ProgrammingITD 112 Creating Web Graphics

(Photoshop)ITD 212 Interactive Web Design (Flash)CAD 238/239 3D Modeling (3D Studio Max)CAD 250 3D Game Level Design (UnReal)

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SkillsSkillsPre-requisite Skills

◦ Game Design & Development◦ Programming: C++, Java, VB etc.◦ Drawing skills: 2D Graphics, Story boards – Photoshop or

Fireworks◦ Creativity, Problem Solving ◦ Math skills: coordinate systems, geometry, trig◦ Physics skills: Speed of falling objects, bouncing◦ Writing skills: Story lines, game documentation

iPhone Development Skills◦ Mac Operating System◦ iPhone SDK◦ Objective C Programming Language

Mix of C and Smalltalk◦ Cocoa Touch – iPhone class library◦ Xcode, Interface Builder, Simulator etc.

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The iLearn Team at New River Community College

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NRCC Games TeamNRCC Games TeamJustin Price – Programmer

Adrian Lowry – Programmer

Cody Beasley – Character Artist

Carmel Stowers – Game Design

Heather Walters –Game Artist

Jason Clemons – Content Creation

Carlotta Eaton – Project Director

Mike Kaylor – Hardware Administrator

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YouTube of NRCC iLearn YouTube of NRCC iLearn TeamTeam

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iLearn Project Free GamesNow available in iPhone App Store

Games created by Students for Students

iLearn Web Site iLearn Web Site gameslab.radford.edu/iLearn/gameslab.radford.edu/iLearn/

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Try our iPhone GamesTry our iPhone Games Created by Students for Created by Students for StudentsStudents

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Search for NRCC Games or RU Games Lab

See our web site at gameslab.radford.edu/ilearn/

iLearn Games App Store iLearn Games App Store Sales Sales

Game # Released Game # Released

Grammar Dragon

8353 Oct 2010 Disaster Chaser

5409 Feb 2011

European Exploration

7534 Oct 2010 Same Sound Spell Bound

2298 June 2010

Spelling Cat 7041 Oct 2010 Apples in Hour Hands

999 Sept 2010

Factor Race 4621 Jan 2011 Portion Platter 439 Mar 2011

Same Meaning Magic

4186 July 2010 Computer Carl ? Aug 2010

Freddy Fraction 4193 June 2009 Equation Creator

? Feb 2010

Fraction Factory 3370 June 2009 Others Subtotal

3151

Sticker Shop 2540 May 2010 Totals 57,901Opposite Ocean 2376 Aug 2010 Note: As of March 21, 2011

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Math Games

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#1 Freddy Fraction – RU #1 Freddy Fraction – RU By Daniel Burgess Freddy Fraction is an alien who

needs your help! He was exploring a strange, foreign planet when he realized he couldn't remember where he parked his spaceship...Freddy is lost! Help Freddy find his way back home safely using fractions, decimals, and percentages to lead him back to his spaceship!

Second Place finish in the  Virginia Mobile Learning Apps Development Challenge, Freddy Fraction is designed to enhance the student's ability to determine equivalence relationships among fractions, decimals, and percents, as well as improve fractional computation.Eaton & Dunleavy 17

#2 Computer Carl - RU #2 Computer Carl - RU By A.J. Tucker & Daniel

BurgessComputer Carl needs

to recharge his battery. Solve basic arithmetic problems to get Carl charged up!

This game is designed to address Virginia Standard of Learning (SOL) Math 1.8: Students will recall basic addition and subtraction  facts. 

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#3 Equation Creator – NRCC #3 Equation Creator – NRCC

By Matt Special & Carmel Stowers

The Equation Creator needs help finishing 10 equations! Create the equations from any of the available number or operator tiles to form any correct equation. Practice using the 4 basic mathematical operators with several different settings and modes.

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#4 Egberta’s Equation - #4 Egberta’s Equation - RU RU

By Matt SpecialEgberta the macaw has a nest full of tasty eggs that Cliff the climber wants to eat. Unfortunately, the eggs are on top of a tall cliff. Help Cliff reach the top and get the eggs by completing equations. Beware though! Egberta will drop eggs on Cliff's head if you waste too many eggs!

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#5 Fraction Factory – RU #5 Fraction Factory – RU By Dave Payne Enter the Fraction Factory and

use your math skills to place fractions into their correct positions on a number line. When the game begins, fraction gears will move across the screen on a conveyor belt. Use your finger and drag the fraction gear to where you think they should go on the number line at the top of the screen.

Third Place finish in the Virginia Mobile Learning Apps Development Challenge, Fraction Factory is designed to enhance the student's ability to find and order equivalent fractions and decimals on a number line. In addition, Fraction Factory targets fractional computation

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#6 Sticker Shop - RU #6 Sticker Shop - RU By James St. Clair & Matt

Special The shop keeper has a

variety of stickers in his sticker book for you to purchase. Collect as many stickers as you possibly can while learning how to count coins!

This game is designed to address Virginia Standard of Learning (SOL) Math K.7, 2.11 The student will count and compare a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters whose total value is $2.00 or less and identify the correct usage of the cent and dollar symbol

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#7 Apples and Hour #7 Apples and Hour Hands - RUHands - RU

Pluck apples containing the correct time shown on the clock and try to catch them in your basket as they fall by tilting the ipod left and right.

The student will tell time to the hour, using an analog or digital clock.

By A.J. Tucker and Matt Special

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Social Science Games

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#8 European Exploration - #8 European Exploration - RURU

Explore the new world as a European power in the 15th Century by funding and sending expeditions out into the unknown. Hire captains, build ships and outfit voyages to learn of the wonders of the new world. The other powers of europe will also be exploring so it's a race to who can chart out the world first!

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iPad Game

#9 Governomics - RU#9 Governomics - RU

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You are the newly elected governor of Virginia and you have inherited a poor economy. Your goal is to improve the quality of public services (public safety, transportation, health, education) in an attempt to increase your approval rating. Improve the quality of the public services by researching the US economy. This will earn you special abilities and extra cash for the state budget. You will serve a 4 year term and readjust the budget every round (fiscal quarter) for 16 rounds.

Virginia Standard of Learning (SOL) areas targeted: Civics and Economics CE.11, CE.12, and CE.13

#10 Zeppelin Adventures #10 Zeppelin Adventures - RU- RU

You are traveling through history in a zeppelin and will encounter different people from different time periods and different locations. Talk with the people and see what they have to say, you might just learn something.

Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL):World History 1 (WH1)

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Language Art Games

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#11 Same Sound Spell Bound - #11 Same Sound Spell Bound - NRCCNRCC

Same Sound Spell Bound is an adventure designed to help the player understand homophones. To begin the adventure, users choose to play as either Luna or Leo, young magicians who are beginning to master the magic of words.

The game is designed for third and fourth graders.

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#12 Same Meaning Magic - #12 Same Meaning Magic - NRCCNRCC

The Same Meaning Magic game engages children in learning synonyms.    The targeted grade levels are grades 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

If you get 3 wrong in a row, the earth shakes.

If you get 5 wrong in a row, an imp appears.

If you get 5 right in a row, a fairy appears and gives you a jewel and bonus points.

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#13 Opposite Ocean - #13 Opposite Ocean - NRCCNRCC

Opposite Ocean helps students learn antonyms. The student starts this game by choosing to play as the girl Luna or the boy Leo. The next choice is the grade level from 2nd to 6th grade.

The student chooses the antonym, opposite meaning, of the highlighted word in each sentence.

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#14 Grammar Dragon - #14 Grammar Dragon - NRCCNRCC

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The dragon has captured all your friends from the castle. You must rescue a different person on each level by choosing the correct grammar item.

Grades 3-6.

Released 10-24-10

#15 Spelling Cat - NRCC #15 Spelling Cat - NRCC

Students can create spelling word lists every week.

3 drills available◦ Speak Easy◦ Word Scramble◦ Missing Letter

For grades 1-8

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Released10-20-10

#16 Factor Race - NRCC#16 Factor Race - NRCC Factor the equation

and move your car to the finish line.

Binomial factoring of trinomial equations

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#17 Portion Platter - NRCCHelps students understand fractions and

percents.Identify the fraction or percentage depicted.

#18 Disaster Chaser - RU#18 Disaster Chaser - RUBecome a master of

disaster by chasing and responding to disasters around the world.

Compete against your friends by beating their score on the leaderboard, and gain bragging rights as the master of disaster.

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Student to Student Networking

Apple Game Center

TEACHER COMMENTTEACHER COMMENT

10/27/2010

Mrs. Eaton,

 

I'm not sure if you are the one I should be writing to, but I wanted to get in contact with someone to say THANK YOU for the great iPod apps for education that NRCC has developed.    I have a 1:1 iPod touch classroom this year and am always looking for great, free apps.  I can't tell you how long I have been looking for and wanting an app exactly like Spelling Cat and I just found it today.  The ability to customize a list and then have the kids play games with their own word lists is fantastic.  I can't wait to put it my kids' iPods and let them use it to practice their spelling.

 All of your other apps as well are perfect for the classroom.  They

hit specific skills that kids need and have just the right amount of "play" with learning.  And I still can't believe they are all FREE!  Thanks again, and please pass along my thanks to anyone else in your program that has helped develop the apps.

 

Thanks,

Kyler Pace 

4th Grade Teacher, Archer Glen Elementary

Sherwood, Oregon

10/27/2010

Mrs. Eaton,

 

I'm not sure if you are the one I should be writing to, but I wanted to get in contact with someone to say THANK YOU for the great iPod apps for education that NRCC has developed.    I have a 1:1 iPod touch classroom this year and am always looking for great, free apps.  I can't tell you how long I have been looking for and wanting an app exactly like Spelling Cat and I just found it today.  The ability to customize a list and then have the kids play games with their own word lists is fantastic.  I can't wait to put it my kids' iPods and let them use it to practice their spelling.

 All of your other apps as well are perfect for the classroom.  They

hit specific skills that kids need and have just the right amount of "play" with learning.  And I still can't believe they are all FREE!  Thanks again, and please pass along my thanks to anyone else in your program that has helped develop the apps.

 

Thanks,

Kyler Pace 

4th Grade Teacher, Archer Glen Elementary

Sherwood, Oregon

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Coming Soon from NRCC Coming Soon from NRCC GamesGamesAesop’s Ant

2nd – 6th grades Reading Comprehension Play game as you read a story

Financial Literacy GameFor high school teens. Make smart financial decisions and buy a car.

Same Meaning Magic Vol 2Opposite Ocean Vol 2Grammar Dragon Vol 2

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Partners NeededPartners NeededCurrently

seeking partners for educational projects

Current partnersBizKids TV Show by PBS

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The public TV series where kids teach kids about money and business.

SummarySummary

iLearn ProjectThe TeamThe GamesPartners

Needed

Carlotta EatonNew River Community CollegeEmail: ceaton@nr.eduWeb: www.nr.edu/it

Cell: (540) 250-5677

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