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By: Mobile Youth Consumers | New Teaching Philosophy: Use Video Games

Mobile Youth Consumers | New Teaching Philosophy: Use Video Games — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:20:01 +0000

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By: Sunday Reading

Sunday Reading — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:00:43 +0000

[...] are beginning to use video games in the classroom to engage [...]

By: Ann Thorpe

Ann Thorpe — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:14:44 +0000

Actually, there’s more. There’s an effort currently underway to teach via game design. Reported in Metropolis Magazine (Sept 2006) at http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=2283

They say: “Game Designer, an educational software program currently under development that introduces junior high school kids to the craft of video-game design. Part of a three-year research and development project backed by a $1.2 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the program’s loftier goals are to help equip students with a foundation of technical, artistic, cognitive, and linguistic skills—which some educational researchers argue are neglected by current standardized test-based curricula.”

By: Gaming: Teens Do It, Teaching With It, Fostering Civic Engagement « Francis Anderson

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:58:56 +0000

[...] New Teaching Philosophy: Use Video Games Educators have occasionally used video games to supplement traditional classroom tools, but the practice is on the rise. Games are seen as an easy access point, where school work can meet kids in a space that they already enjoy playing in. Video games are chosen that have challenges and processes reflecting the subject matter at hand, giving students a more complete immersion in the material. (tags: teens gaming socialmedia digital education) [...]

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links for 2008-09-20 « Francis Anderson — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:00:47 +0000

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:48:53 +0000

Interesting! It’s true that most students simply aren’t engaged these days and to do so, a teacher must teach in an innovative and creative way… those are the teachers that are always remembered and respected!

By: New Teaching Philosophy: Use bVideo/b Games | WTF - When There Is Nothing More To Say

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:56:28 +0000

[...] Dan Gould wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptEducators have occasionally used bvideo/b games to supplement traditional classroom tools, but the practice is on the rise. Games are seen as an easy access point, where school work can meet kids in a space that they already enjoy playing b…/b [...]