Making Machinima: Animation, Games, and Multimodal Participation in the Media Arts

Andrew Burn

Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 41, No. 2 (2016) pp. 310–329

In the project discussed in this article, 30 11-year olds made an animated film in the machinima style, influenced by both film and game culture, and using a 3-D animation software tool, Moviestorm. The processes and products of the project will be...

Repackaging the Slasher Movie: Digital Unwriting of Film in the Classroom

Andrew Burn

English in Australia Vol. 1, No. 127 (2000) pp. 24–34

Considers the study of film in the secondary curriculum. Discusses film selection and value: which movies are studied and what kind of notion of cultural value is taught. Notes how educators study film: what new kinds of visual literacy comes into...

Game literacy in theory and practice

David Buckingham; Andrew Burn

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 16, No. 3 (July 2007) pp. 323–349

If we intend to teach through educational media, we also have to teach about those media. This article explores the implications of this perspective for the use of computer games in the classroom. It seeks to explain why and how teachers might teach ...

Topics: Literacy, Educational Technology, Schools, Creativity, Virtual Environments

Motivating Maths? Digital Games and Mathematical Learning

Margaret Scanlon; David Buckingham; Andrew Burn

Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 2005) pp. 127–139

It is often claimed that computers have the potential to engage and motivate children in ways that conventional classroom teaching does not. Children are assumed to have a natural aptitude and enthusiasm for computers; and the Internet is seen to...

Game Design as Textual Poaching: Media Literacy, Creativity and Game-Making

Caroline Pelletier; Andrew Burn; David Buckingham

E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 7, No. 1 (2010) pp. 90–107

This article addresses practices of textual appropriation in computer games made by young people. By focusing on how young people's production work makes reference to popular media texts, it examines the basis on which such work claims to be legible ...