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Chantel Pilon, UW athelete of the week, set five personal bests in the pentathlon and came away with a new Waterloo record after competing at the SPIRE Division 1 NCAA Invite in Geneva, Ohio. Her total score places Pilon as the second best in the OUA and fifth in the CIS. She also participated in the women’s 4x400m, where the team has the relay time ranked third in the OUA and seventh in the CIS. More details can be found here. 

Outstanding Work Term Report

Anonymous* received the Dean of Arts Outstanding Work Term Report award (Junior Student Category) for their work term report following a Spring 2013 co-op term at GI. Anonymous worked as Communications and Research Assistant and worked on a number of projects serving the needs of GI and the IMMERSe network.

Denis Dyack coming to University of Waterloo

The Denis Dyack talk scheduled for Oct 29th, 2013 has been rescheduled to January 16th, 2014. 

National Survey and Video Case Studies: Teacher Attitudes about Digital Games in the Classroom

Combining the breadth of a national survey with the depth that case studies can provide, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and BrainPop have used these two research tools to gauge teacher’s attitudes and beliefs about the effect classroom video game use has on student learning, developmental growth and social behavior.

Colin Ellard’s research was featured in the newest episode of David Suzuki’s The Nature of Things episode ‘Where Am I?’ 

Watch the episode 

Essential facts about the Computer and Video Game Industry.

“ No other sector has experienced the same explosive growth as the computer and video game industry. Our creative publishers and talented workforce continue to accelerate advancement and pioneer new products that push boundaries and unlock entertainment experiences. These innovations in turn d

Gamification User Types 2.0

• Socialisers are motivated by Relatedness. They want to interact with others and create social connections.
• Free Spirits are motivated by Autonomy. They want to create and explore.
• Achievers are motivated by Mastery. They are looking to learn new things and improve themselves. They want challenges to overcome.
• Philanthropists are motivated by Purpose.

Why Gamers Can't Stop Playing First Person Shooters

“Video games are essentially about decision-making,” Lennart Nacke, the director of the Games and Media Entertainment Research Laboratory at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, told me. “First-person shooters put these tasks on speed.

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Gamification, the use of game elements to promote desired behaviors among customers and employees, has been a popular business strategy for decades. Loyalty programs, cereal box prizes, employee-of-the-month schemes, hidden tokens within apps — these are all examples.

Read more on the growth of Gamification.