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Learning just for the fun of it: the case for video games.(What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy)(Book Review)
Review of James Gee (2003) What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. New York, Palgrave Macmillan. RRP $66.00
Life is full of coincidences. Recently I have been looking at what educational writers have been saying about computer game playing in relation to literacy learning over the past decade. As part of this research I revisited the book I co-edited with Catherine Beavis in 2001 and a chapter by Julian Sefton-Green called 'The "End of School" Or Just "Out of School"?: ICT, the Home and Digital Cultures' in which he explores the world of computer game culture amongst school aged children in the United Kingdom. While watching his six year ...
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- Magazine article from: Science Scope Dibley, Jeremiah Parish, Jamie April 1, 2007 700+ words
...evaluated the effectiveness of video games as inquiry-based learning...After researching the idea of video games being educational, I began...fire with fire According to James Gee's book, What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning...
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- Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections December 1, 2003 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature Giardina, Natasha December 1, 2006 700+ words
...1996). Young people are also extending and developing new literacies in technology-based environments: James Gee argues that video games can be an excellent learning tool in the Information Age (2003, p.7). Alvermann and Heron suggest...
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- Newspaper article from: Phi Kappa Phi Forum Kaetz, James P. June 22, 2005 700+ words
...virtually nothing about computer/video games. I am not even a good pinball...takes to master them. Because video games are often seen as the "bad...provoking article in this issue, James Gee talks about what video games can teach us about learning...
- Video Games.(Pediatric Advisor 2004.1)
- Clinical Reference Systems Schmitt, B.D. January 1, 2004 700+ words
Home video games are extremely popular in this country. Over...With hundreds of selections available, video games are currently the most popular toy in our country. Portable video games are the latest option. Every day the number...
- Video games.(Behavioral Health Advisor 2005)
- Clinical Reference Systems Schmitt, B.D. January 1, 2006 700+ words
Home video games are very popular and have a significant...Over 85% of students say they play video games regularly. Over 30% of American homes...of homes have broadband access to video games. While these games are still heavily...
- Video Games.
- Clinical Reference Systems Schmitt, B.D. January 1, 2000 700+ words
Home video games are extremely popular in this country. Over...With hundreds of selections available, video games are currently the most popular toy in our country. Portable video games are the latest option. Every day the number...
- Video Games.(Behavioral Health Advisor 2004.1)
- Clinical Reference Systems Schmitt, B.D. January 1, 2004 700+ words
Home video games are extremely popular in this country. Over...With hundreds of selections available, video games are currently the most popular toy in our country. Portable video games are the latest option. Every day the number...