Comments for Epistemic Games

Comment on Digital Media and Learning Game Changers Kids Competition 2010 by Katie

Katie — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:19:13 +0000

Thanks for posting this information on this competition. I’ll be passing on the info to the kids in my school and help them to participate.

Comment on Epistemic Journals & Conferences by Monica Germain

Monica Germain — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:03:08 +0000

Hi Beth, the article you are referring to is called Looking Where the Light is Bad and is on the publications page. I think you will also find David’s book How Computer Games Help Children Learn very helpful.

Comment on Epistemic Journals & Conferences by Beth

Beth — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:13:15 +0000

Hi, I was one of many people who thought Dr. Shaffer’s presentation at this week’s conference on assessment was the smartest I’ve heard in a long time. He mentioned that a user friendly article describing his ideas was on the web site, but I can’t find it. I would love to share this information with colleagues and other parents. My son attends a high poverty school with over 50% ELLs and I’m searching for ways to get them beyond the fixation on basic skills, which just leads to boredom and disengagement. Thanks so much.

Comment on Monument games by David Williamson Shaffer

David Williamson Shaffer — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:18:46 +0000

Feel free to drop us a note via email if you want to follow up.

Comment on Monument games by Columb Corneliu

Columb Corneliu — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:55:27 +0000

Hello! I a from Romania, and i work for University Bucharest. I think this is one of the most intresting projects for future education. We have the same opinion about Game Base Learning, and we use for entreprenorial education the licenses buyed from GoVenture. I want to know much things about your program, and maybe we have a colaboration. .Thank you very much. Sinceriously yours Columb Corneliu

Comment on Dispatches from the front lines by Rose

Rose — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:24:07 +0000

Great to hear!

Comment on Regarding Hedgie by George

George — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:32:02 +0000

cool, is true we learn with the experience in a video game, we learn to correct our moves for become to the ending of a game. We dont have to count that anything that happen in a video game can be happen in the reality, when it is more realistic, the player make the best. is true.

Comment on Regarding Hedgie by David Williamson Shaffer

David Williamson Shaffer — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:39:34 +0000

Thanks. Hedgie meant a lot to a lot of kids, and I think we could do a lot worse than trying to build virtual worlds for education the copy the best parts of real-world educational experiences.

Comment on Regarding Hedgie by Candice

Candice — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:00:36 +0000

Great insights. I am sadden about hearing this story but your thoughts of making virtual worlds available is really a great idea. I believe this won’t be impossible considering the technology we have nowadays.

Comment on The MacArthur Foundation supports research into computer games and learning by David Williamson Shaffer

David Williamson Shaffer — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:09:40 +0000

This is an interesting point: that computers are part of a longer trend in technology in education. Larry Cuban’s book Teachers and Machines: The Classroom Use of Technology Since 1920 gives a nice (if somewhat gloomy) summary of that history. Personally, as I argue in How Computer Games Help Children Learn, I think computers have some properties that make them distinct from previous technologies–that make them go beyond that history in a sense. But I would be very interested to learn more about technology and Education in Australia, as I don’t know much of that history….

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