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Should
gaming and toys
be a part of formal and informal learning?


Click on

Maria Andersen’s Prezi
‘Play to Learn’

Ten Surprising Truths about Video Games and Learning

Read this and let me know what you think.



Literacy, Passion, and Gaming



I absolutely love many of James Gee's ideas but find his pacing a bit distracting. If you are one
of my undergraduate students please pay attention to his thoughts about how literacy and
passion need to be merged. A few references may be a bit off but still pretty good. E/C for
finding errors but more credit for understanding big ideas and connections.



Will Wright tells us about his ideas for building toys that teach.