Author Archive for rhetdezigner

Literacy Games

After considering the latest class chat on rhetorix about gaming and the articles “Learning and Games,”by James Paul Gee and “Productive Gaming: The Case for Historiographic Game Play,” by Kurt Squire and Shree Durga, I put more score on the…

We’rrrre off…

Even today, the old adage “What goes around comes around” is alive and well.  Or, wait, maybe its “Cheaters never prosper”…? When it comes to Mirko Tobias Schäfer’s article “Participation Inside,” it seems once more that civil disobedience just doesn’t…

He Who Has the Most Time Wins

Although argued that technological access should be free and available to all, a newer round of hype concerning the economic distancing of upper and lower classes in society involves computer literacy.  Ellen Seiter’s “Practicing at Home:  Computers, Pianos, and Cultural…

Perception, Misconception, Deception

“Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media: A Synthesis from the Good Play Project” argues that five key issues are at stake in the new media, including identity, privacy, ownership and authorship, credibility, and participation.  While all issues contain…