Recent posts for Videos
MMOG Madness!
In a Fox News segment on the dangers of kids losing their “moral compass” through playing online games, David responds to the fears of online kids gone wild by suggesting the ways adults can encourage children to play video games responsibly. As he explains in How Computer Games Help Children Learn, the most important things parents can do is play and talk about video games with their children.
Epistemic Games Video
As researchers studying new media, it only seemed appropriate to let people know about our work using well, new media.
This short video gives an overview of our work on Urban Science and other epistemic games as part of the Macarthur Digital Media and Learning Project and the National Science Foundation.
In these games, players have a chance to learn 21st century skills by playing as urban planners, engineers, journalists, and other professionals in the knowledge economy.
I suppose next we’ll need to make an epistemic game about making epistemic games….
David Williamson Shaffer on Fox News
David took some time out from attending the American Educational Research Association conference in New York City to do a brief spot on Fox News. He closes the segment with advice for parents that those of you who have read How Computer Games Help Children Learn will recognize: it’s important to play and talk about computer games with your children, because it’s in those reflective conversations that some of the most important learning happens. You can see the Fox News segment here.
Watch for the interesting shots from video games and simulations in the background, and the “creattive” spelling in the graphics–all of which only points out that innovative professionals need basic skills too. Or perhaps just that everyone makes mistakes sometimes.
Conversation between James Gee and David Shaffer
Jim and David talk about games and the future of education.
NBC 15 Interviews David Shaffer
Here is a TV interview with David Williamson Shaffer around the time of the release of How Computer Games Help Children Learn:
