2. JASON B. ALMONTE CEFERINO GABRIEL R. RAMIREZ REYNALDO R.
TUGADE BS COMPUTER ENGINEERING Implementation of a Digital
Game-based LearningEnvironmentfor Elementary Education
Undergraduate Student Project (2008) 3. Digital Game-based
Learning
Creates a learner-centered, learner-guided environment.
According to Begg, Dewhurst, and Ellaway (2003), this is a
description of a model paradigm for proactive self reflective
critical learning .
(Dziorny, 2006)
4. For Grade 6 Science CurriculumFor Apple Ipod Touch 5. Layers
of the Earth Game
It is an adventure type of game.
The main goal of the game is for the student s to venture
through the 5 different layersof the Earths atmosphereavoiding
obstacles and collectingcertain objects along the way.
The game concludeswhen the player is able to
reachExosphere.
6. Educational Background 7. Goals
Students should learn about the different characteristics of
each of the 5 layers of the Earth.
Students should have the ability to define each layer in terms
of its chemical and physical properties.
It should help the students to visualize what each layer looks
like.
Integrate some topics about pollution in the Earths
atmosphere.
8. Gameplay and Control 9. The game was originally designed to
be an upward-scrolling adventure game wherein the players control a
spaceship to travel through the different layers of the
atmosphere.
IPod Touch Accelerometer Feature
Booster Button is designed to increase the velocity of the
rocket for certain duration.
Maneuver button enables the rocket to avoid obstacles along the
way.
Atlas Sprite and Title Maps to render background images and
collidable objectswithin the game.
10.
IT HAS 7 DIFFERENT STATES, THE GAME PROLOGUE, EPILOGUE AND THE
5 GAME STATES CORRESPONDING TO THE 5 DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.
Game Timeline and Story Line 11.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE GAME REVOLVES COMPLETELY UPON THE
COMMUNICATION IN BETWEEN GAME OBJECTS SPECIFICALLY THE MAPS, HUD,
ENEMY OBJECTS, AND THE MAIN CHARACTER.
Game Structure 12.
LAYERS OF THE EARTH GAME
DISASTER MITIGATION GAME COLLECTION
Other games 13. Advantages 14. Disadvantages 15. Thank you!