GamestoTeach Project

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Games-to-Teach Project

• DreamHaus

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DreamHaus

• Unlocking magic of math, science, and engineering
  through Architecture
• Compelling to non-gamers
• Edutainment cross-over potential
• Witty, camp aesthetic

Robin Hauck, Heather Miller, Zachary Nataf with
Wally Holland
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What is DreamHaus?

• Bobbi is a cutting-edge architect in Soho
• She wants to win the AIA Gold Medal
• AIA Panel presents 7 design challenges
• Each challenge embodies a set of math, physics,
  and engineering concepts.
• Win all 7 challenges and win the Gold Medal!

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DreamHaus Curriculum
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DreamHaus
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Checking Other Sites (Villa Savoya)
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Web Communities

• Upload and download original buildings
• Upload and download user-created models of actual
  buildings
• Peer Reviews
• Peer Assessments
• Collaboration with experts
• Online Communities of Design Practice (e.g. Lave
  Wenger, 1991 Squire Johnson, 2000)

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DreamHaus Pedagogy

• Conceptual Physics / Engineering (Belcher, 2001
  Forbus, 2001)
• Multiple Approaches to Understanding (Gardner,
  1992)
• Learning by Design (Perkins, 1986)
• Creativity in Engineering (Sheperdson, 1999)

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DreamHaus Future

• Potential Partners
• Design / Software Companies, Engineering Programs
• Questions? ksquire_at_mit.edu
• http//cms.mit.edu/games/education/