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Where would i like to be in 10 years?

At the moment i am studying Buisness and Computer Games at Uni, i know computer games dosnt sound like it can but it can! In 10 years I want to have made up my own social enterprise company that make games for helping children to learn, as many children are visual learners and are struggling from books. Then I want to take the profits from this company to send as many free copys of the learning games and computers as i can to thrid world countrys.

So when i get the call from Tokyo in 10 years time I would like to be handing out some of these games persnally to children.

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Comment by Robin Ahren Kerber on March 8, 2010 at 7:14pm
I'm in the same boat. I've almost completed my degree in Game Art and Design, and my friend and I are already discussing starting up a company. I've always felt that there's a lot of potential in the educational ability of games, but the formula that people have used in the past leave a lot to be desired. There's got to be a way for games to be addictive fun and also educational, but most of the ones I've played always end up being tedious.
Comment by Jerry Rae Leyland on March 8, 2010 at 7:30pm
Great stuff! Problem solving games definitely keep the brain ticking and interested at the same time. My computer science lecturer uses simple games such as light-bot to teach us simple programming techniques.

All the best for your endeavours, I look forward to seeing and hearing more from you.
Comment by John Evans on March 8, 2010 at 8:31pm
The world is made up of systems. When you interact with a system, you make a change in it. People can learn the consequences of what they do to a particular system, but it's hard to learn that from, say, a book. A book contains static knowledge; you have to read it and then interpret it before you can figure out how to apply it to a system.

However, if you have a simulation of the system—say, a game—then you can interact with it and immediately see the consequences of what you do. It makes it much easier for someone to learn about the system.

It might be worth looking at Scratch, a programming environment intended to help kids learn programming and math while creating cool games and applications.
Comment by Andrew Gellene on March 9, 2010 at 8:46pm
Hannah,

Good post. (Imagine - Part2)

It sounds like you would fit in this novel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age
Perhaps you will be the mysterious Dr. X. But instead of books it would be a device capable of all imaginable things. If you have time and this is something you are serious about - read the book. Its is an intersting look into an imagined future.
Comment by harrison paul roy johnson on March 10, 2010 at 2:54pm
loving the work hannah can you program games yet or working more on the business side of it all??
Comment by James Antle on March 10, 2010 at 9:10pm
That's really great! I like the idea of using video games to teach people. Right on!
Comment by Martin Dyer on March 10, 2010 at 9:18pm
Great Work! A similar concept to the Playpower initiative founded by Derek Lomas. Distributing these computers to those who would truly benefit from the technology is arguably the biggest hurdle to overcome!
Comment by Danijela Scepanovic on March 11, 2010 at 4:18pm
It is worth dreaming about those games that would help teaching and learning process... to be attractive, entertaining and educational at the same time... It is a big challenge.

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