Serious Games
+ Computer Science
= Serious CS

This session focuses on how games can fit into a CS
curriculum at various levels and in various ways.

Katrin Becker / J.R.Parker
University of Calgary
October 2007

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Serious Games + Computer Science = Serious CS

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Notes on presentation accessible online:

This presentation contains many links to other websites.
Try passing your mouse over the pictures – if the pointer
changes to a hand, it is an active link that you can
follow. Usually they will lead to the webpage that
was the source of the image.
Most underlined text is linked to other pages.
Also:
(+) = link to other page in this presentation
(-) = link to website or article containing further
information.
Note that there are links to wikipedia entries. Although
wikipedia is not considered to be a sound scholarly
resource, it is often a great place to start, and it
can be very useful for providing straight-forward
and up-to-date explanations, especially of newer
technological terms.
Katamari Damacy
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Bit of Wild Ride....

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Image
source: http://home.cfl.rr.com/omniluxe/mtwr.htm
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Serious Games + Computer Science
= Serious
CS

Ready, Set, GO!!

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