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Ramayana Interactive (2010)
Playware worked with the Ramayana Revisited exhibition put together by the Asian Civilizations Museum in Jan 2010, to create a special multi-modal interactive exhibit to create an eclectic multi-media collage of the forms that the Ramayana has taken …
Christine Chan
Feb 29, 20121 min read
Mystery Matters (2010)
Developed for the Centre for Learning Innovation, Department of Education and Training, New South Wales, Australia. Link How can you engage students in authentic learning while having fun in your classroom? How can you equip students with 21st century skills through fun …
Christine Chan
Feb 29, 20121 min read
Simplicity (2009)
Developed with Ministry of Education, Singapore, National Education Branch Simplicity is a game which is used as an assessment tool for Secondary School students. The Game is a City Building game. It was used across all Secondary schools in Singapore …
Christine Chan
Feb 29, 20121 min read
Vanished (2009)
Developed with Ministry of Education, Singapore, National Education Branch Vanished is a game which is used as an assessment tool for Primary School students. The Game is a scrolling map based adventure game set in a fantasy world. It …
Christine Chan
Feb 29, 20121 min read
Ecocity (2008)
Ecocity © is a multi-user game where each role is dependent on other roles to provide resources or to purchase the products of players’ own economic activities. Collectively, dynamic interactions between the individuals should ideally lead to overall …
Christine Chan
Feb 29, 20121 min read
Petals (2007)
Developed with Ministry of Education, Singapore, Curriculum Planning and Development Division, this is a Teacher Training game package based on MOE’s new PETALS teaching & learning framework. It contains 9 hours gameplay and was distributed to all primary, …
Christine Chan
Feb 29, 20121 min read
Statecraft (2007)
Statecraft seeks to acquaint students with and develop an understanding for the nature of various threats and responses to these threats faced by ancient civilizations, kingdoms and empires in India, Southeast Asia and China. Through the game, they …
Christine Chan
Feb 29, 20121 min read
Archipelago Trader (2006)
This project was Developed for Ministry of Education, Singapore, National Education Branch. This Game was about the Racial Harmony and shared cultural heritage of Singapore. It was released in 2006 to all Secondary Schools in Singapore.
Christine Chan
Feb 29, 20121 min read
The 3D Games for Learning Awards Ceremony
Playware Celebrates Teachers! We are delighted to invite you to the Award Ceremony for the National 3D Games-for-Learning Competition held in the 3rd quarter of 2011. Over 400 teachers were involved in constructing game-designs-for-learning. Despite tremendous work and …
Christine Chan
Jan 5, 20121 min read
3D Game for Learning Results
The winners for the 3D Game-for-Learning Competition have been announced. Congratulations to all! Link: 3D Game-for-Learning Winners
Christine Chan
Oct 14, 20111 min read
3D Games for Learning is Now Closed
Thank you to everyone who submitted! We’ve received some exciting entries and are now in the process of playing through them. Awards and prizes will be announced next Friday (October 14, 2011). Watch this space!
Christine Chan
Oct 6, 20111 min read
It’s September 30! Are you wrapping up your submissions?
The final day of the 3D Game for Learning competition has finally arrived! Be sure to submit your filled out concept documents by email to esoteric.game@www.playwarestudios.com, along with your physical entry on CD/DVD to our studio before 5PM …
Christine Chan
Sep 30, 20111 min read
Contest Deadline Has Been Extended to September 30!
Demands of the classroom getting in the way? Still getting up to speed with the Esoteric Worlds Editor? Late to the party? Don’t fret, the 3D Game for Learning contest deadline has been extended to September 30, giving …
Christine Chan
Sep 19, 20111 min read
Learning in Fun-Filled Virtual Dimensions
(from Schoolbag.sg ) It was a bright morning at Canberra Primary School and a class of Primary 5 pupils were standing in line outside the school’s 4Di Lab. Judging from their faces, some were looking forward to savouring …
Christine Chan
May 20, 20111 min read
Bringing the World Into the Classroom
(by Tan Weizhen) Without leaving the classroom, students at FutureSchool Canberra Primary can visit the rainforest, the Shanghai World Expo or a historical period in Singapore. All this thanks to a virtual reality lab unveiled yesterday – believed …
Christine Chan
Apr 7, 20111 min read
The Next Generation Train Has Arrived
(by Kenneth James) Picture a series of walls that make up a screen displaying a scene from olden days Singapore. In the scene a junk rocks gently on the Singapore river. People are going about their business on …
Christine Chan
Apr 6, 20111 min read
Speech by Mr. S. Iswaran, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of Education at MOE ExCEL Fest 2011
Excerpt: “Today, pupils in Canberra Primary enjoy going on trips back to Singapore in the 1950’s, then on a trip to the Shanghai Expo and even a journey deep into a tropical rainforest, all made possible by 4Di, …
Christine Chan
Apr 1, 20111 min read
Schools Still Not Using Technology Effectively
(by Tan Weizhen) SINGAPORE Three years after the FutureSchools opened their doors and opened a path for other schools to adopt advanced technologies in educating pupils, the trickle-down effect is just beginning. The test-bed environment at the six …
Christine Chan
Apr 1, 20111 min read
Hi-Tech Lab Makes Lessons Come Alive
(by Lei Jiahui) Pupils of Canberra Primary School can journey into Singapore’s past or stride into a lush, tropical rain forest- all without leaving the comfort of your classroom. Read the full article here or here
Christine Chan
Apr 1, 20111 min read
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