Game guide-NRW

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Game guide-NRW
Info portal and database for computer games from a media and educational perspective
languages German
operator State of North Rhine-Westphalia
editorial staff State of North Rhine-Westphalia
items over 1400 games
On-line 2004 (currently online)
https://www.playeratgeber-nrw.de/

The games Counselor NRW is a media education online - Guides for computer games and new media of the Center for Youth Media Culture NRW. It is intended to help parents, teachers and educators to evaluate PC, mobile phone and console games for children and young people or to classify them as educationally useful. It thus represents a supplement to the statutory age rating and the protection of minors in computer games through the entertainment software Self-Control (USK) and Pan European Game Information (PEGI).

offer

In addition to age suitability and age restrictions and key data on the games, the level of difficulty, the type of game, the fun of the game, the game content, dangers and potential for addiction , sales charts as well as information for educators and didactic preparation for parents and teachers should be presented. The game information is collected by media educators together with children, adolescents and young adults as game testers and z. B. tested in libraries or youth centers . The database offers information on over 1400 games.

Furthermore, information, advice, news reports, suggestions and assistance for the planning of parents' evenings, gamification implementations, specialist conferences, workshops and advanced training courses, courses and research are provided and events on the subject of computer games in education and upbringing are organized. In addition, video games and computer game terms and other phenomena such as streaming media and free-to-play are explained for parents and educators, and social and scientific topics are shown in video games.

A similar offer, which is published by the Federal Agency for Civic Education , is spielbar.de.

Story and supporters

The Spielatgeber-NRW was founded in 2004 by the ComputerProjekt Köln e. V. established with funding from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in cooperation with partners from education , research and youth media protection. The project is also supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education , the Working Group for Child and Youth Protection of the State Office of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Spielraum Institute for the Promotion of Media Skills at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne and the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Westphalia supports.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imprint. from spieleratgeber-nrw.de. Specialized agency for youth media culture NRW, accessed on August 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Running programs. ComputerProjekt Köln eV as a specialist agency for youth media culture in North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on August 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Article - Spieladgeber NRW. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ spielbar.de | Spielbar.de. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Why Why Why. In: Spielatgeber-NRW. Specialist agency for youth media culture in North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on August 18, 2019 : "In order to support those responsible for up-to-date media education, the specialist agency for youth media culture in North Rhine-Westphalia, supported by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and in cooperation with partners from education, research and youth media protection, offers an educational advice service on computer , Console games and apps. "
  6. ↑ COMPUTERPROJEKT KÖLN EV - ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIA, EDUCATION AND CULTURE. In: Medienkompetenzportal NRW. Landesanstalt für Medien NRW, May 4, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Jan Kloft: Computer games pedagogically examined. Interview with Torben Kohring. In: Medienbewusst.de. February 3, 2014, accessed on August 18, 2019 : "The NRW player adviser project was created in 2004 ..."
  8. ↑ Advice for parents and young people: Spieladgeber NRW. Federal Agency for Civic Education, accessed on August 18, 2019 .