Kris

This video is a talk given by Jane McGonigal, a game designer, and her
ideas on how games give us the experience of problem solving and help us
gain optimism about success. She believes that gaming is an evolutionary
skill that can be used to solve real life problems. I thought her ideas
could be use to some folks here, especially in the gaining new perspective
on the value of gaming but also provide information on some new gaming
resources.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1DuBesGYM

Kris

--
"Today I bent the truth to be kind and I have no regret, for I am far surer
of what is kind than I am of what it true" - Robert Brault


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delphini004

A friend of our family (a young adult who lived with us during winter 2010) made ​​us follow this link to the presentation of McGonigal last year. We watched it in family and it helped us all to have particular evidence and arguments FOR video games because it is a very difficult subject to handle in our midst who still relies on psys who give their opinion in magazines and newspapers on education and such opinions are almost always negative and say that the time for video games and the type of games should always be controlled.

Since then, we have also seen that McGonigal published a book on the subject.

Edith

--- In [email protected], Kris <kris1956@...> wrote:
>
> This video is a talk given by Jane McGonigal, a game designer, and her
> ideas on how games give us the experience of problem solving and help us
> gain optimism about success. She believes that gaming is an evolutionary
> skill that can be used to solve real life problems. I thought her ideas
> could be use to some folks here, especially in the gaining new perspective
> on the value of gaming but also provide information on some new gaming
> resources.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1DuBesGYM
>
> Kris
>
> --
> "Today I bent the truth to be kind and I have no regret, for I am far surer
> of what is kind than I am of what it true" - Robert Brault
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Claire Darbaud

Yes, a very good book I highly recommend: "Reality is broken" It really
helped me change the way I look at video games and the support I give my
children in playing them.
Claire
2012/1/20 delphini004 <delphini004@...>

> **
>
>
> A friend of our family (a young adult who lived with us during winter
> 2010) made ​​us follow this link to the presentation of
> McGonigal last year. We watched it in family and it helped us all to have
> particular evidence and arguments FOR video games because it is a very
> difficult subject to handle in our midst who still relies on psys who give
> their opinion in magazines and newspapers on education and such opinions
> are almost always negative and say that the time for video games and the
> type of games should always be controlled.
>
> Since then, we have also seen that McGonigal published a book on the
> subject.
>
> Edith
>
>
> --- In [email protected], Kris <kris1956@...> wrote:
> >
> > This video is a talk given by Jane McGonigal, a game designer, and her
> > ideas on how games give us the experience of problem solving and help us
> > gain optimism about success. She believes that gaming is an evolutionary
> > skill that can be used to solve real life problems. I thought her ideas
> > could be use to some folks here, especially in the gaining new
> perspective
> > on the value of gaming but also provide information on some new gaming
> > resources.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1DuBesGYM
> >
> > Kris
> >
> > --
> > "Today I bent the truth to be kind and I have no regret, for I am far
> surer
> > of what is kind than I am of what it true" - Robert Brault
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>


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