Computer games
On this page you can download examples of computer games, created by students using the MissionMaker games-authoring software for education, developed by Immersive Education.
Parkside collaborated in a three year research project with Immersive Education and the Knowledge Lab of the Institute of Education, London University to develop the software and its uses in the classroom.
If you do not have the full version of the software, you can still play the games on the free player, which you can download from here.
You can view or download a Year 8 scheme of work incorporating the software, as a PDF file:
You can view two Teachers' TV programmes about Parkside's work with the software here.
Parkside has also started to experiment with using the software to create learning experiences. Below, you can download a game created by James Durran based on the poem My Last Duchess. Just right click on the image or the link, and 'Save Link as...'
You will need the free player, which you can download from here.
To read a Times Educational Supplement article about the Last Duchess game, click here.
You can download a conference presentation by James Durran, about the use of the software at Parkside, here:
You can download a short paper by James Durran, about the relationship bwteen the software and film education, written for the Vision Kino conference in Berlin, 2008
'Jimmi DeMora and the Dying World'
This multiple-level game was made by a mixed-ability Year 8 class in their Media Studies lessons, as a way of exploring the structures, economies and rule-systems of games. Each level was made by a different pair of students.
Click the image, or here, to download the first level of the game.
'The Lost Scroll of Wasenant'
This single-level game was made by two Year 10 students - Rosie Wallington & Harriet Mason.
Click the image, or here, to download the game.
'Paradise Street'
This single-level game was made by a Year 9 student - Sulayman Imran.
Click the image, or here, to download the game.
'Rebellion'
This single-level game was made by a Year 10 student - Ochirbat Ujeed.
Click the image, or here, to download the game.