Play Time? Sara DeWitt & Drew Davidson

#SXPlayTime

About Us

•  Sara DeWitt

•  PBS

•  Vice President, PBS KIDS Interactive

•  Drew Davidson

•  CMU

•  Director, ETC-PGH

Play Time? •  Games are Hard!

•  A lot of Focus on “Fun” and Rewards

•  Engage and Learn through Challenges

•  Flow = Rewarding Challenges

•  Examples from ���PBS KIDS and ETC

PBS KIDS

PBS KIDS

Usability

Usability

ETC

Learning and Games

Mobility

Crossmedia

Body Inputs

Body Inputs

Body Inputs

Body Inputs

Experiences

Wrong Answers /Mistakes

Efficacy/Impact Research

70% of participants improved in the math skill taught by this game.

Iterations

3D-Rendered Gameplay

3D-Rendered Game

3D-Rendered Game

Immersion

Self-Leveling Games

Challenges

Reward Systems

Motivations

Assessment

Assessment

Transformation

Play Time = Hard Fun

•  Hard Fun

• Motivating through Challenges

•  Usability and Learning

•  Failing to Success

•  Literacy and Mastery

Thanks! • Questions?

•  http://pbskids.org/

•  http://www.etc.cmu.edu/site/projects/

#SXPlayTime

•  sdewitt@pbs.org

•  drdrew@cmu.edu