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Playing with Complexity: Games and Systems Thinking
Colleen Macklin, Director of PETLab discusses how we can use games to solve real-world problems, and how they can be developed to do so. She discusses the potential impact of games and provides examples of games that have been developed as serious tools to involve the community and to solve challenges. https://vimeo.com/147599354
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Design Challenge: DIY Assistive Game Controllers
In this design challenge, The AbleGamers Foundation asks us to consider accessible user interface (UI) hacks. Here are four of many possible ways for transforming standard video games into assistive technology tools that students of any ability can enjoy. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/design-diy-assistive-game-controllers-matthew-farber
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Dance Pad | Design Squad
Move to the rhythm and step to the beat! Watch as Deysi demonstrates how to build a dance pad that you can decorate and play with at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XwHLftGo-0
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DIY Hacks & How To’s: Pressure Plate Switch
In this video Make Magazine shows you how to create a pressure sensitive sensor for automated special effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6RXu0pYUVI
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Brain Games- Spatial Awareness and Proprioception
Learn an easy space awareness game in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNn0xMiTzwA
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A Double Dutch | Brain Games
A troupe of Double Dutch jump-ropers challenges our spatial awareness abilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiEzf3J4iFk