12/03/2008

Teachers Workshops in Belgium

The dates of the Belgian workshops are the following: 23rd January 2008; 13th February 2008 ;  12th March 2008; 16th April 2008.

 The aim of each of the workshop is  to make teachers aware of the educational potential of videogames in a teaching and learning environment. The teachers involved in the workshops are also acquiring the skills to be able to identify videogames that can be adapted to be used for educational purposes.

The main tangible result of the workshops will be the creation by the participating teachers of a simple educational videogame. The first videogame that is currently being developed is making use of Adventure maker. The work in progress can be seen at  http://learningame.inforef.be/cours_pilotes/cours1/cours1.html. The second educational videogame is being developed with Hammer, the work in progress can be found on one of the participating schools web site at:  http://qemiph.free-h.org/learningame.