Comments on: games for learning change .. ethical? http://michalk.id.au/txt/2008/05/ethical-games/ chalki's readings on digital literacies Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: michael chalk http://michalk.id.au/txt/2008/05/ethical-games/comment-page-1/#comment-10006 michael chalk Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:49:47 +0000 http://michalk.id.au/txt/2008/05/14/ethical-games/#comment-10006 Hi Wendell, thanks for your comment ;-] i wonder if the UN game you refer to was "Food Force", which is linked from that big list of ethical games on the "mission to learn" site. Re: copyright.. ah yes, that's always a tricky one. If they're still on the web, i'd link to it, but note your concerns. If you're talking about installing the games on your local machines.. well that's another level of decision-making isn't it! (Yes i did avoid taking a position there didn't i) Our policy at PRACE is to do our best to make sure that installed software is legally licensed.. which means all software loading needs to go through Fraser the tech guy. thanks and kind regards, michael Hi Wendell, thanks for your comment ;-]

i wonder if the UN game you refer to was “Food Force”, which is linked from that big list of ethical games on the “mission to learn” site.

Re: copyright.. ah yes, that’s always a tricky one. If they’re still on the web, i’d link to it, but note your concerns. If you’re talking about installing the games on your local machines.. well that’s another level of decision-making isn’t it!

(Yes i did avoid taking a position there didn’t i)

Our policy at PRACE is to do our best to make sure that installed software is legally licensed.. which means all software loading needs to go through Fraser the tech guy.

thanks and kind regards, michael

]]> By: Wendell Dryden http://michalk.id.au/txt/2008/05/ethical-games/comment-page-1/#comment-9872 Wendell Dryden Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:42:56 +0000 http://michalk.id.au/txt/2008/05/14/ethical-games/#comment-9872 Hmm.... A couple of years ago (now, 2009) the UN or UNECO or somebody like that had a free online game where you planned relief missions (airdropping cargo, distributing food and water, etc.) of increasing complexity. I don't remember what or where or even when..... My own ethical dilemma is do I share (online with other facilitators) games with copyright restrictions on them? In particular, I'm thinking of some I found on Freeware / Shareware sites that were hosting the games without permission. Hmm…. A couple of years ago (now, 2009) the UN or UNECO or somebody like that had a free online game where you planned relief missions (airdropping cargo, distributing food and water, etc.) of increasing complexity. I don’t remember what or where or even when…..

My own ethical dilemma is do I share (online with other facilitators) games with copyright restrictions on them? In particular, I’m thinking of some I found on Freeware / Shareware sites that were hosting the games without permission.

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