The Wetlands Game:
UW Bothell students and faculty raise awareness about wetlands restoration with Facebook game:
The University of Washington Bothell’s Center for Serious Play collaborated with students and game industry professionals to create a Wetlands restoration game for Facebook: UWB Wetlands Restoration. Follow the story at the following sources, and on our Wetlands Game page.
Games Beat: College students raise awareness about wetlands restoration with facebook game
Games News.com: Save the American wetland in this student-made facebook game
All Facebook: Student-created wetlands game tackles environmental issues
SF Gate: UWB Wetlands Game has players restore their own wetland from the ground up
Yahoo News! UWB launches wetlands restoration social game on facebook
GeekWire: Students create wetland game, with proceeds going to wetlands restoration
THATCamp PNW 2011:
Technological literacy and social change intersect at UWB’s Center for Serious Play:
THATCamp opened the floor to collaborative discussion, not just between those who study these topics but, “anyone interested in studying, supporting, teaching, researching, creating or otherwise shaping digital humanities, new media, community-based research, social change, and allied fields.”
THATCamp explores intersection between technology, social justice, and humanities.