Press release
The UW Communications Office put out a Press Release for How Computer Games Help Children Learn (see the whole thing for a picture too). The piece was also picked up by the Wisconsin Technology Network, NewsWise (with a nice picture of David), and wispolitics.com:
In a global economy where good jobs demand innovative thinking, American education must move beyond its “skill and drill” curriculum and embrace creative learning technologies, such as computer and video games, to prepare young people for the world of global competition.
So argues David Williamson Shaffer, a University of Wisconsin-Madison education science professor and author of the new book “How Computer Games Help Children Learn” (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
On the air
David’s done a few TV spots as well:
Friday, January 12, 2007: Fox News Channel Studio B with Sheppard Smith
Friday, January 12, 2007: WMTV (Madison) The NBC 15 Morning Show
Radio Spots
Since the release of How Computer Games Help Children Learn, David has been interviewed on the radio by a number of stations (links are to audiocast where available):
Friday, February 2 2007: Good Parenting Show with Matt Bubala, Radio America [syndicated]
Friday, Feburary 2, 2007: WMHR (Syracuse, NY)
Friday, February 2, 2007: Morning Show WVOX (New Rochelle, NY) [LIVE 7.45 am CST]
Thursday, February 1, 2007: Issues today with Bob Gourley [syndicated to 180 stations nationwide]
Thursday, February 1, 2007: Public Affairs WOMC (Detroit)
Thursday, February 1, 2007: KPAY Morning Show (Chico, CA) [LIVE 10.50am CST]
Tuesday, January 30, 2007: Public Affairs with Michael Roberts WTMR (Camden, NJ)
Tuesday, January 30, 2007: The Jim Cox Show KEZK (St. Louis) [LIVE 9am CST]
Friday, Jan. 26, 2007: CBC radio “Freestyle” [LIVE at noon CST]
Friday, Jan. 19, 2007: coffee break chat WICC (Bridgeport, CT)
Thursday, January 18, 2007: Public affairs with Gil Bratcher WYSP (Philadelphia)
Thursday, January 18, 2007: Greg Murray WBBM (Chicago)
Thursday, January 18: Tracey Morgan CBS radio (Pittsburgh)
Wednesday, January 17, 2007: Jordan Rich of WBZ (Boston)
Thursday, January 11, 2007: WVON (Chicago) Technology Thursday on the Roland S. Martin Show
Thursday, January 11, 2007: WVTL (Amsterdam, NY) the morning show
Wednesday, January 10, 2007: WBIG (Aurora, IL)
Sunday, January 7, 2007: WFAN (NYC) public affairs with Bob Salter
And the winner is…
So, in the Wii versus PS3 market share and mind share war that I’ve been blogging on in the last few weeks, it looks like there is a clear winner.
Living long and staying in school
From the New York Times (free registration required):
The one social factor that researchers agree is consistently linked to longer lives in every country where it has been studied is education. It is more important than race; it obliterates any effects of income.
Year after year, in study after study, says Richard Hodes, director of the National Institute on Aging, education ‘keeps coming up.’
And, health economists say, those factors that are popularly believed to be crucial, money and health insurance, for example, pale in comparison.
