It's Only a Game - Why We Need to pay attention to the Games our Kids Play!

Recently, I discovered the world of video games and am more convinced than ever that we need to pay attention to the games our kids play. Could it be that the designers of these games are tapping into cognitive learning structures while educators lag behind? Check out these sites and let me know what you think.

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy - by James Gee y "will open your mind to the possibility that video games are the forerunners of instructional tools that will determine how we learn in the future. The premise is not that what people learn when they are playing video games is always good-- but rather that what they are doing when they are playing video games is often good learning." Full Story

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