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“[Feedback is] always kind of automatic when it’s in the game because the game can't really read the minds or react to the players, and It’s also a matter of resource when developing the game, like building a large enough feedback system, it’s a really, really big job.”

Figure 4 “[Feedback is] always kind of automatic when it’s in the game because the game can't really read the minds or react to the players, and It’s also a matter of resource when developing the game, like building a large enough feedback system, it’s a really, really big job.”

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“They all had to learn together, so we went through the introduction together. | had a copy [of the game] and they all had a copy. If | want to show them, | often make use of a visualiser and [put] the console on the visualiser which brings it up on the interactive white board, and we talked through it, and then | said, ‘Right, you now have to go off and find out how’, so they have to do it as teams [...] but also using other children in the class. So if someone found out the puzzle, we'd say, Well, you might want to go and ask them to give [you] clues’. So they were all working with each other and learning from each other instead of us [...], the teacher, being that fountain of knowledge [...]. We wanted to step away from that role and learn with them.” Image 6: Children playing on the Nintendo DS
“They all had to learn together, so we went through the introduction together. | had a copy [of the game] and they all had a copy. If | want to show them, | often make use of a visualiser and [put] the console on the visualiser which brings it up on the interactive white board, and we talked through it, and then | said, ‘Right, you now have to go off and find out how’, so they have to do it as teams [...] but also using other children in the class. So if someone found out the puzzle, we'd say, Well, you might want to go and ask them to give [you] clues’. So they were all working with each other and learning from each other instead of us [...], the teacher, being that fountain of knowledge [...]. We wanted to step away from that role and learn with them.” Image 6: Children playing on the Nintendo DS
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