CLASS05FA Play and Tech: November 02, 2005 Archives

Your tenth blog post is due 11/07

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The Illustrated Guide to Commenting on Blogs

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The panel of judges has been appointed

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The projects page has been updated

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The Semiotics of SimCity

OPTIONAL: Friedman, T. (1999). The Semiotics of SimCity. First Monday, 4(4).
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_4/friedman/

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The Triumph of Tinkering

Turkle, S. (1995). The Triumph of Tinkering. In S. Turkle, Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet (pp. 50-73). New York: Simon & Schuster.
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Games as the Play of Simulation

New "free" outside reading on simulation added to address questions:

OPTIONAL: Salen, K. & Zimmerman, E. (2004). "Games as the Play of Simulation." From K. Salen & E. Zimmerman, Rules of Play, pp. 421-458. MIT Press.
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Simulation and Play

In-class: "The Sims 2"
In-class demonstrations:

Using Internet-Based Images in your Segue Site (link to ATLAS demo)
Using Images you Created Yourself, see section 4b in the Segue Getting Started Handout (link to ATLAS PDF, 4 pages)

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