Comments for Epistemic Games

Comment on FAQ when talking about games by Bike Games

Bike Games — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:16:03 +0000

What an excellent FAQ on the tricky subject of games. Thank you !

Comment on The MacArthur Foundation supports research into computer games and learning by july

july — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:59:17 +0000

All I know is that videogames can enhance the eye-hand coordination. So I also promote learning videogames

Comment on The MacArthur Foundation supports research into computer games and learning by july

july — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:57:25 +0000

@vince

What is epistemic learning by the way?

Comment on New epistemic grants by Vince Duran

Vince Duran — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:37:33 +0000

This is great stuff! I am about to start a program in New Mexico that uses our mobile video game theatre and Kodu to teach kids 8 and older how to program basic computer games. I am glad to see that these concepts are getting real traction!!!

Cheers!

Vince

Comment on The lessons of a PIM fail by David Williamson Shaffer

David Williamson Shaffer — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:52:50 +0000

Hi, Rick and Alan! Nice to hear from both of you!

@Rick, I like your formulation (an ounce of cure…). Pithy as always.

@Alan, I agree that the formulation in the pdf you link to is really interesting. Thanks for posting it. We’ll never know precisely what was said at that particular meeting, of course–now more than a decade ago. But I think it was part of a discussion that was making a slightly different point than your PDF. Regardless, if I took the sentiment out of context I apologize!

Thanks to both of you for adding to–and updating!–the record!

Comment on The lessons of a PIM fail by Alan Kay

Alan Kay — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:22:48 +0000

Hi Rick,

That’s because I never said that “quote”. It got changed to a mis-quote which doesn’t make a lot of sense. The actual version of this that I use is found in this little essay:
http://www.vpri.org/pdf/m2003001_human_cond.pdf

Cheers,

Alan

Comment on The lessons of a PIM fail by Rick Borovoy

Rick Borovoy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:25:03 +0000

Excellent point. It reminds me of our saying that, contrary to conventional wisdom, “an ounce of cure is often worth a pound of prevention” In other words, if you’re at risk of a bunch of low probability bad things happening, it may be more efficient to wait to see what does happen, rather than bearing the cost of proactively addressing a broad range of potential threats. Of course, it all depends on the risks and the costs, which is the point you’re making.

By the way, I have no recollection of saying that quote, but do have many fond memories of “back benching” at Alan Kay meetings.

Comment on New epistemic grants by Max Lieberman

Max Lieberman — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:33:35 +0000

Fantastic.

Comment on New epistemic grants by David Williamson Shaffer

David Williamson Shaffer — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:18:09 +0000

Thanks for the good wishes and congratulations everyone! A lot of credit goes to the folks at NSF who see the value in good educational research….

Comment on The MacArthur Foundation supports research into computer games and learning by vince

vince — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:30:14 +0000

epistemic learning is the future of education