My life changed significantly when I purchased my first computer; a Gateway desktop with a fifteen-inch screen and a state-of-the-art micro-processor. It seems like such a long time ago, 1993, and I can’t remember the exact date. The computer was…
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OH??? Thats why games that are educational SUCK!
by lminnis209 • • 0 Comments
James Paul Gee explains that as educators we are trying to reinvent a tool that already works. How many times do people play a game that is really fun at home or with friends but when at school we use…
Play Your Way to Academic Success?
by Anne Engert • • 0 Comments
Kids love playing games. Computer Age kids love playing computer games. In games, especially highly complex computer games, players must learn, as a matter of course, vast amounts of detailed information about how the game operates and how to interrelate…
Learning and Games: Cut the Crap!
by Ryan • • 2 Comments
James Paul Gee, thank you for writing an article for gamers, by a gamer. Now, please don’t ever do it again. Gamers are not academics. Some people, my professor included, will try to tell me this is not true. But…
Gaming as Learning: A Paradigm Shift Required
by Jeong Kinser • • 0 Comments
Gaming as Learning: A Paradigm Shift Required I read three times for this text, and I have experienced such a resistance to comprehend what is going on in the content. What happened? I realized that I had such a strong…
Literacy, Artifact, and the Brownie
by rhetdezigner • • 0 Comments
In my library on the top of one of my shelves sits a humble display of media nostalgia. The Royal typewriter reminds me of my mom working hard at home while my sisters were in school typing income tax returns…
Little Brother, Big Implications
by kmontero • • 0 Comments
Cory Doctorow’s text Little Brother yields multiple implications for the society in which we (hopefully not blindly) reside. Doctorow’s entertaining yet horrifying depiction of Marcus and his experience with the Department of Homeland Security, exemplifies a reactionary response to a terrorist…
Do Video Games in the Classroom Come up Short?
by Alex Janney • • 1 Comment
I’m all for any type of educational tool that encourages enthusiasm in students. As Gee and Squire both point out, the introduction of video games as teaching tools is one that could prove beneficial in the classroom. With a sense…
Sample Proposals
by Kim De Vries • • 2 Comments
Here are several proposals I have successfully submitted for conferences. They may be helpful examples. Desire, Dissent and Differentiation: Sustaining Growth in Virtual Networks — New Network Theory 2008 Many if not all virtual communities have been spawned out of…
How much truth is in Little Brother?
by Alex Janney • • 0 Comments
As I read Little Brother, I thought about how it’s not so far fetched for the government to be targeting kids and teenagers when it comes to terrorism connected to technology. After all, wouldn’t it make the most sense that…