How does the Database Games work?

Find a game for your education
When you are looking for a game, the most important question is what learning goal you are aiming for want to use that game. Subjects, learning areas, final objectives, competencies: they are constantly changing. That is why there is in the Database Games decided to use keywords for this. Search for example on 'history, second world war'. Or 'critical argue', or 'Dutch, spelling'. In addition to the learning objective, there is also: a number of search terms that you can enter if desired. At some search terms you can select several options.

Search terms

• For which learning objective are you looking for a game? And that's what it's all about knowledge, understanding, skills or attitude?
• For which target group?
• Do players have to learn (develop) something new or is it okay? to practice what they can already do?
• How much playing time is needed to effectively start the game can put?
• What kind of game are you looking for? For example, does it have to be a PC? be a game, an app, a board game?
• What type of game should it be? For example, are you looking for a action game or a strategy game?
• Should it be an online game or do you want the game Can you play offline? A game that is played individually or by multiple players? A serious game or one entertainment game?

Find games
You will receive an overview of the games that match your search profile. If you click on a game in the search results, you'll get all the extras information about that game included in the Database. You see:

• what the game entails
• how to start the game
• what experiences have been gained with it
• whether learning results have been found
• where you can find a demo of the game
• what the preconditions are
• whether and how collaboration can take place in the game.

If a game can be used for multiple learning objectives, you will not receive just the data of the game itself in general, but you will also see something it means using that game for your specific learning goal.
In the search results, 'pupils' stands for pupils and students.

Review of the game
All games in the Database have been assessed for their usability education, using a tool provided by Game Education Research in earlier research has been developed.

User information
For a game you can indicate whether you have used the game or are going to use it to use. You can indicate in your account whether your email address is visible may be for other users. Experiences can be made in this way are shared between (potential) users of a game.

Forum
There is often a wealth of user information available around games player forums. That's a good practice we have at the Databank Games would like to take over.
Another good habit from the gaming world is the use of achievements. Tips about good games? Please! Send one email with your tip and we will Let's see if we can include the game in the bank.
With successful tips you can distinguish yourself as a Game Initiate, Game Expert and even Game Guru! Your fellow forum members can then see who they can go to for advice.

Is it really all free?
Of course ! Game Education Research has a mission: to contribute that games get the place in education that this great learning tool deserves. And we are willing to do anything for that.