Principle magazine prints Shaffer’s article

Shaffer, David. “Educational Value of Computer Games.” Principle March/April 2007: 66-67.

http://epistemicgames.org/eg/wp-content/uploads/Principle.pdf

“What are we going to do about computer games?”
This is a question that is on the minds of parents and teachers across the country. It echoes in staff rooms, district offices, and school board meetings. Here’s why: Our students today live in a world of technological sophistication and global competition. Workers overseas are a mouse-click away and good jobs only go to those who have mastered the new digital technologies of information and communication that let them navigate through the sea of images, text, and video that surround us all.