Museums at play : games, interaction and learning / edited by Katy Beale

Introduction / Katy Beale ; Case studies: creating games for museums: History at play: games, learning theory and play spaces at conner prairie / David Allison ; I spy: interpreting artworks through games / Christina Alderman ; Porto Through the Game - A Playful Construction / Rosana Alexandre ; Playing With Light: incorporating play into an interactive science exhibition / Sarah Bugg ; Art Heist, 2010: an interactive adventure by Coney / Annette Mees ; Leveraging play, unlocking imaginations / Lisa Ellsworth, Sara Deangelis ; Let's play soldiers: learning while playing / Christine Van Everbroeck, Sandra Verhulst, Sandrine place ; Elementary, My Dear visitors: How Puzzles, Mysteries & Challenges Can Create Memorable Learning Experiences / Sarah Butler ; Playing with history: interactive and collaborative games at Tryon Palace Historic Site / Clay Gish, John Zaia ; Bullying prevention games at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center / Rachel Hellenga ; High Tea: a case study / Martha Henson and Danny Birchall ; Learning Moments: Museum Education and Families / Almadis Kristinsdottir ; The One-Two Punch: Synergy Between Simulation Games and Other Interactive Approaches in Exhibitions / Alexander Goldowsky, Maureen McConnell ; Online Games for Under-sevens / Rhiannon Looseley ; Immersive Games: an Alternate Reality for Museums / Alex Moseley ; Back to the Future: Time Explorers at the British Museum / David Prudames ; Telling Stories with Games / Joe Cutting ; Smartphone Interaction: The Museum as a Gaming Board / Arnfinn Stendahl Rokne ; Transforming Galleries Through Gaming / Alex Flowers ; The Advantage of Games and Interactive Displays in Teaching Modern Foreign Languages / Elisabeth Salmen ; The player's voice: using evaluation to bring the player into the development process / David T Schaller, Kate Haley Goldman ; If these Walls Could Talk: a case study in playing your way through a project / David Sheldon ; Learning about Palaeontology Through Interactive Games / Carles Sora i Domenjó ; The Watertower: gaming for heritage / Gregory Sporton, Iona Makiola ; La Loteria: Guided Interaction through a Visitor-Exhibition Interface / Pat Villeneuve, Mary Erickson -- Case studies: exhibiting games: Exploring The Art of Video Games / Georgina Goodlander ; The Games People Play: a case study / Stephanie Lambert ; The Athlete Experience: Education, Economics and Interactive Sports Exhibits at the Olympic Hall of Fame and Museum, Canada Olympic Park / Gregory Ramshaw ; Toy Museums at a Glance: the history of toys in Turkey from a socio-cultural perspective / Tulin Sener ; Game Catcher: Playing, Recording and Archiving Playground Games / Grethe Mitchell, Andy Clarke ; Invention at Play: An Award-winning Interactive Traveling Exhibition / Monica Smith ; Games, Fun and Adventure / Carly Hughes -- Theory and innovation: Hunting for the beauty of game design in a Museum's Objects / Toby Barnes, David Hayward ; Telling Your Own Story: Analogies Between Players’ Encounters with Game Space and Visitors’ Encounters with Museums / Tom Chatfield ; The art of play: Exploring the Roles of Technology and Social Play in Art Museums / Isabel Froes, Kevin Walker ; Museum Games and Narrative: The Way We Tell Stories with Objects / Elizabeth Goins ; Toys++: augmented reality enhanced artifacts to display additional educational layers into Museums'Collections / Salvatore Iaconesi, Luca Simeone ; The Tate Kids Guide to Creating Games for Galleries / Sharna Jackson ; Crowdsourcing Games: playing with museums / Mia Ridge ; The Interactive Chair / Margot Wallace ; Mobile gaming – No Strings Attached? / Louise Downe -- Index -- Abouth tha authors -- About the editor -- Also from MuseumsEtc -- Colophon