All Posts

Last month we ran the Academy of Play programme from the 4th to 6th November 2015. We accomplished an amazing feat: a 3-day technology industry conference that empowered students to embrace 21st century competencies and experience a future career …

This year, the National Healthcare Group (NHG) partnered with the Serious Games Association’s (SGA) for Game Jam 2015 on the 11th – 14th of August 2015. Professionals across various fields from different hospitals formed teams to develop medical-based …

As part of a series of posts from winners of the awards for teaching excellence in CELC, Dr. Lynnette Tan, a member of the Writing Unit, shares her e-learning activity using gamification as pedagogical tool. This past …

< < Playware staff and invited speakers from the media and games industry will be running sessions and facilitating workshops for the students. The event is scheduled for the first week of November 2015. It’s shaping up to be a great event with the potential of having several other schools involved and double the crowd. Stay tuned for more information in the coming months as we finalise the topics and activities for the event. You can find out more here on our website or you

< < Registration closed on the 30th of May and we now have 26 teams from 4 different institutions participating at the inaugural game jam which is an indication of the kind of excitement the industry has in using serious games for training and professional development. You can check out more info on the official Serious Games Conference 2015 website .

Last month, Sid and our friends from the Serious Games industry in Singapore were invited to a panel at the Casual Connect Asia 2015 conference. The topic of the panel was “Games Get Serious; The Opportunities, Developments And Challenges …

< < The Lemann Foundation Board of Directors were very interested in learning how start ups in the region are scaling up their solutions and increasing the impact on a country level. With Brazil being a very large country, it was very important for The Lemann Foundation to meet start-ups that have a potential of scale for K-12 and are already structured in terms of public sector relationship, deployment in schools, or high-level business models/results. We are happy to say th

< Based on 4 prominent precincts, the 3DHive-based exhibit of interactive tou chscreens brings the visitors through narratives of a Chettiar boy, a Bohri Muslim businessman, a Punjabi woman and a Tamil Indian girl as they negotiate their way through: 1) 1900s Chulia and Market St 2) 1930s Arab Street 3) 1950s High Street 4) 1970s Serangoon Road Using augmented reality Spanning two floors, the exhibition was built around 5 themes showcasing the chronological and historic

On the 8th of May 2015 Road Pro was launched! This is a game we developed for the Road Safety Campaign for the Singapore Police Force, Traffic Police in conjunction with the Road Safety Month 2015. It was …

Talk about ending the year on a high note! This week we were presented the Bett Asia & Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore EdTech Excellence Award for 2014 at the Bett Asia Leadership Summit held at Marina Bay …

You can check out the full album of photos here.

A big congratulations goes to Mr. Riaz from Ang Mo Kio Primary School, who led his students Team BlackJack in winning the 3DHive game category at this year’s NPGCC 2014. They beat four other schools vying for the …

< <

< < < < < < The platform has been utilized by several organizations such as Jurong Health Services, Health Promotion Board and Civil Service college, Ministry of Education etc. and the results are compelling. To find out more about 3DHive and try it click here !

The Adult Learning Symposium is organised by the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL), a division of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) that facilitates the development of a Continuous Education and Training (CET) ecosystem. The event is held …

<

The BBC reports a study undertaken by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute and the University of Rochester that casts new light on the relationship between video games and violence. The researchers suggest that violent thoughts that arise …

I’ve been playing Mini Metro, an abstract game where you have to connect cities by drawing, and redrawing, the metro plan to keep pace with an ever-increasing number of residents who want to move around. It’s abstract and …

< < < < < < < < < < < < < < <

This week we had a chance to sit down with Mdm Norazlina from Wellington Primary School. She is a teacher who has embraced the use of 3DHive in the classroom and has developed a game for students to …