so basically if you make people WANT to know stuff they'll actually give a damn?
wow revolutionary concept.
wow revolutionary concept.
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YES! Along side math blasters and a few others.
Originally Posted by Bluescreen_Of_Death  Interesting... Am I the only one who thinks of that 'Learn to type with Mario' game when I think of computer games and education combining? |
Hmm, apparently books are outdated and obsolete.
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with LittleBigPlanet being the game at the forefront of the initiative. |
Oregon Trail and:
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Originally Posted by timw4mail The Mac version of the Oregon trail was better: it actually had color. |
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Who said it was revolutionary?
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Books won't achieve the goal...
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Originally Posted by xlink so basically if you make people WANT to know stuff they'll actually give a damn? wow revolutionary concept. |
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Originally Posted by Diabolical999 Hmm, apparently books are outdated and obsolete.
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Sorry to break it to you, but you don't look cool saying this on the internet. Welcome to my ignore list.
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Everyone else? Looks like 2 people.
Easiest way to avoid looking like an ass when you're really not is to just not use inflammatory sarcasm.
He sounded like a skeptic. There was no hint of sarcasm.
Originally Posted by Harrier Get out more 
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Originally Posted by Dezixn Everyone else understood it man. It was plain as day and it made me lol. Seriously, you must not be used to human contact. |
Easiest way to avoid looking like an ass when you're really not is to just not use inflammatory sarcasm.
He sounded like a skeptic. There was no hint of sarcasm.
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Games do get kids' attention but honestly, how are they going to work science/math/engineering in without alerting the kids. Most kids wouldn't want to play it if they KNEW it was specifically geared towards making them "learn".
Originally Posted by VulcanDragon On topic: Conceptually, gaming as an education vector is a good thing. Harnessing the "addictive" reward systems that good games employ to slipstream some real knowledge and skills into kids is just obvious to me. Of course, I am a heavy gamer and I work in the education field...but heck, I even saw it in my own middle school classroom 25 years ago: I and the rest of the class was far more engaged playing a silly little "role playing game" (closest analogy I can think of) when learning history than we ever would have been reading a textbook and listening to lectures. Engaging the kids and getting them to interact is the hard part, and gaming is a perfect vehicle to make that happen. What is less clear to me is how LittleBigPlanet plays into this. What do we expect kids to learn from this game except how to make platformer levels? I need more info, I guess. |
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Exactly what I was wondering. It just strikes me as a cutesy, non-offensive game, not an educational one.
So when do I get to start playing Portal in Physics class? Or Bioshock in Chemistry class?
Originally Posted by VulcanDragon What is less clear to me is how LittleBigPlanet plays into this. What do we expect kids to learn from this game except how to make platformer levels? I need more info, I guess. |
So when do I get to start playing Portal in Physics class? Or Bioshock in Chemistry class?
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Wow i totally forgot about that game until now!!
Originally Posted by Diabolical999 Oregon Trail and:
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Wow i totally forgot about that game until now!!
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