Playing to Learn

OK, today we played games to learn. We had to play games made by MyGLife users and professionals and then choose two to make comments about. For my games I chose Jimmy vs The Splurge and Climate Change.

Jimmy vs The Splurge was made to promote healthy eating. The game uses comical images to show bad habits and unhealthy foods. The designer had a great idea and got his point across very well to me. The quality is very good for someone that had no prior experience and the instructions were easy to understand. The only way I could think to make the game better would be to add more levels to it. I would like to be able to create a character that moves with the mouse and acts at the click of the mouse just as expressed in this game. If you would like to play this game, click the following link.

http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/resources/en/play/Social/jimmy

Climate Change was made to show players what could be done to help the Earth's climate. The player learns what

could be done to help the Earth by making decisions for Europe. The designer had an excellent idea and was able

to get it across effectively. The quality was good compared to other games I found. the designer was able to teach

me how to play very well. The only way I think this game could have been better is if you had a choice for what

country you took control of. I would like to be able to offer different playable characters as this game does. I

would also like to be able to offer different choices of which to do, as this game uses very much. If you would like

to play this game, click the following link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/