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aria-label="visualization (6 items)">visualization</a> </div> </div> <div class="js-ajax-frame"> <section class="post-list"> <h3>Recent posts</h3> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2017">14 Feb 2017</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2017/02/14/made-a-splash/">OtherWordly Makes Splash at Takoma Park Play Day</a></h4> </div> <p>Community Embraces New Word Game at Mid-Year Play Day This past Sunday, families at Takoma Park’s Seventh Annual Mid-Year Play Day had the opportunity to experience OtherWordly for the first time. 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Recently, the “Slashdot” online community <a href="http://slashdot.org/story/12/11/23/2353256/ask-slashdot-math-and-science-ios-apps-for-young-kids">discussed</a> apps and kids. Nerdy parents chimed in with suggestions. This tech-savvy community is often reluctant to rely on apps, favoring “play time outside with soccer and baseballs, and inside with blocks, Hot Wheels, PlayDoh, etc.” But many parents found value in apps, at least occasionally.</p> <p>Here’s a list of ten apps that computer nerds turn to when they want to engage their young kids in math and science… <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/12/04/math-and-science-ios-apps-for-young-children/#more-4087" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Math and Science iOS apps for young children">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/interactivity/" rel="category tag">Interactive experiences</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/12/04/math-and-science-ios-apps-for-young-children/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/games/" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ios/" rel="tag">iOS</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/math/" rel="tag">math</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/science/" rel="tag">science</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3925 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-interactivity tag-education tag-exhibits tag-experiences tag-games tag-visitors" id="post-3925"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/23/five-kinds-of-games-to-engage-visitors-in-history-exhibits/" rel="bookmark">Five kinds of games to engage visitors in history exhibits</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/23/five-kinds-of-games-to-engage-visitors-in-history-exhibits/" rel="bookmark">October 23rd, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3926" title="Kids in historical dress at Plimoth" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-23-at-3.38.22-PM-150x95.png" alt="" width="150" height="95" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-23-at-3.38.22-PM-150x95.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-23-at-3.38.22-PM-240x153.png 240w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-23-at-3.38.22-PM.png 279w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Games and gaming principles have a useful role in exhibit design for both real world and virtual settings. “As educators, we’re always looking for ways to make museum content ‘stickier’ and more meaningful,” says Michelle Moon in a recent blog post, “<a href="http://www.aaslhnetwork.org/educatorsinterpreters/2012/10/19/all-fun-and-games/">All fun and games.</a>” Moon designs and runs public programs for adults at the <a href="http://www.pem.org">Peabody Essex Museum</a>.</p> <p>To get thinking about it, here are some simple game structures that work well for museum learning: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/23/five-kinds-of-games-to-engage-visitors-in-history-exhibits/#more-3925" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Five kinds of games to engage visitors in history exhibits">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/interactivity/" rel="category tag">Interactive experiences</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/23/five-kinds-of-games-to-engage-visitors-in-history-exhibits/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/exhibits/" rel="tag">exhibits</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/experiences/" rel="tag">experiences</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/games/" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/visitors/" rel="tag">visitors</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3034 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-strategy tag-audience tag-award tag-experiences tag-foursquare tag-game-mechanics tag-games tag-gamification tag-merit-badges tag-online-communities tag-outreach" id="post-3034"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/10/20/what-is-gamification/" rel="bookmark">What is gamification?</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/10/20/what-is-gamification/" rel="bookmark">October 20th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3056" title="Bullseye scores 100 points | Marcin Wichary/Flickr" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-20-at-11.29.00-AM-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-20-at-11.29.00-AM-150x150.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-20-at-11.29.00-AM-300x300.png 300w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-20-at-11.29.00-AM.png 328w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></p> <p>Gameplay has a lot to teach us about motivating participation through joy. ‘Gamification’ is a new term, coined in 2008, for adapting game mechanics into non-game setting — such as building online communities, education and outreach, marketing, or building educational apps. Here are some ideas for how to do it.</p> <p><img class="alignleft" title="Ovid" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Cropped-Ovid-Clip-for-Home-Page-146x150.jpg" alt="" width="146" height="150" /><strong>Achievements</strong></p> <p>Badges, trophies and points represent having accomplished something. Since antiquity, people have been honored with medals, crowns and other decorations. Wreaths made of bay laurel were awarded to Greek athletes, and worn by Roman poets (e.g., Ovid, at left). <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/10/20/what-is-gamification/#more-3034" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading What is gamification?">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/10/20/what-is-gamification/#comments">9 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/audience/" rel="tag">Audience</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/award/" rel="tag">award</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/experiences/" rel="tag">experiences</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/foursquare/" rel="tag">FourSquare</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/games/" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/gamification/" rel="tag">Gamification</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/merit-badges/" rel="tag">Merit Badges</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-communities/" rel="tag">online communities</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2252 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management tag-apps tag-audience tag-education tag-flash tag-funding tag-games tag-ipad tag-mobile tag-twitter" id="post-2252"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/11/science-game-contest-awarded-50k-prize-to-ineligible-candidate/" rel="bookmark">Science game contest awarded $50k prize to ineligible candidate</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/11/science-game-contest-awarded-50k-prize-to-ineligible-candidate/" rel="bookmark">April 11th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><a href="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-2.05.52-AM.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2272" title="Cooney" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-2.05.52-AM.png" alt="" width="153" height="105" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-2.05.52-AM.png 153w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-2.05.52-AM-150x102.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px" /></a>The <a href="http://www.cooneycenterprizes.org/about-the-prizes/stem.html">National STEM Video Game Challenge</a>, awarded the $50k grand prize last week to a professional team that did not meet the eligibility criteria.</p> <p>This story came to my attention last week, when I wrote a <a title="You make me sick! Online game teaches science to middle schoolers" href="http://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/you-make-me-sick-online-game-teaches-science-to-middle-schoolers/">blog post about a cool online science game</a> for Middle School kids which won the grand prize as part of the contest run by the <a href="http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/">Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop</a> (the parent organization of Sesame Street) and <a href="http://www.elinemedia.com/">E-Line Media</a>. That article briefly mentioned anomalies in the contest, and the Cooney Center sent me an email: “Please take this article down as soon as possible because of a legal issue that is pending.” This made me wonder, is there a scandal on Sesame Street?</p> <p> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/11/science-game-contest-awarded-50k-prize-to-ineligible-candidate/#more-2252" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Science game contest awarded $50k prize to ineligible candidate">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/11/science-game-contest-awarded-50k-prize-to-ineligible-candidate/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/apps/" rel="tag">apps</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/audience/" rel="tag">Audience</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/flash/" rel="tag">flash</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/funding/" rel="tag">funding</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/games/" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ipad/" rel="tag">IPad</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2155 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-interactivity category-learning tag-classroom tag-flash tag-funding tag-games tag-learning-2 tag-obama tag-sbir" id="post-2155"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/you-make-me-sick-online-game-teaches-science-to-middle-schoolers/" rel="bookmark">You make me sick! Online game teaches science to middle schoolers</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/you-make-me-sick-online-game-teaches-science-to-middle-schoolers/" rel="bookmark">April 7th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2169" title="You make me sick!" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-07-at-12.44.19-AM.png" alt="" width="140" height="91" />“This is your target” the game says, pointing at an ordinary looking cartoon woman in a T-shirt and track pants. “If you pay close attention to the host’s weaknesses, you can make a disease that will get the host super duper sick!” <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/you-make-me-sick-online-game-teaches-science-to-middle-schoolers/#more-2155" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading You make me sick! Online game teaches science to middle schoolers">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/interactivity/" rel="category tag">Interactive experiences</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/you-make-me-sick-online-game-teaches-science-to-middle-schoolers/#comments">2 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/classroom/" rel="tag">classroom</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/flash/" rel="tag">flash</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/funding/" rel="tag">funding</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/games/" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/learning-2/" rel="tag">learning</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/obama/" rel="tag">Obama</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/sbir/" rel="tag">SBIR</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-1643 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-interactivity category-technology tag-apps tag-games tag-mobile tag-museum tag-visitors" id="post-1643"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/24/mobile-games-for-museums-scvngr-hideseek/" rel="bookmark">Mobile games for museums: SCVNGR & Hide&Seek</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/24/mobile-games-for-museums-scvngr-hideseek/" rel="bookmark">March 24th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1729" title="Playing Tate Trumps" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-24-at-4.33.34-PM1.png" alt="" width="127" height="115" />Games on mobile devices are a new way to engage museum visitors. Two companies gave presentations at yesterday’s <a href="http://www.museums-mobile.org/conference/">Museums & Mobile 2011 online conference</a>.</p> <p>One popular type of game is a miniature scavenger hunt, called “location-gaming.” The premise is that players go places (e.g., a restaurant or park), do fast, simple tasks (like typing something into their phone, or uploading a photo of something), and win a reward (the reward can virtual “points,” or something tangible, like a free postcard or sandwich). Other types of games are more thematic, such as creating playing-card “battles” between characters that appear in art. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/24/mobile-games-for-museums-scvngr-hideseek/#more-1643" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Mobile games for museums: SCVNGR & Hide&Seek">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/interactivity/" rel="category tag">Interactive experiences</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/technology/" rel="category tag">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/24/mobile-games-for-museums-scvngr-hideseek/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/apps/" rel="tag">apps</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/games/" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/museum/" rel="tag">museum</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/visitors/" rel="tag">visitors</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <nav class="page-nav"> <ul> <li id="menu-item-4498" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-4498"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4497" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4497"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/about/">Mission & history</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4499" class="popup menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4499"><a title="popup" class="js-btn-show-popups" href="#wrapper">Browse topics</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4666" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4666"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/contact/">Contact IDEA</a></li> <li>Copyright © 2025 <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog">IDEA</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </footer> </div> <script type='text/javascript'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = {"apiSettings":{"root":"https:\/\/www.idea.org\/blog\/wp-json\/contact-form-7\/v1","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"},"cached":"1"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/themes/ideaorg/js/jquery.main.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js'></script> </body>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-Y68B45MT0H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-Y68B45MT0H'); </script> </html>