colleenkellyp

I thought this might be helpful for some of the newer unschooling
parents with gamers in the family.

Here's a description of the talk:
Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and
incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this
gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can,
and explains how.

Here's the link:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.h\
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Colleen
http://thenewunschooler.blogspot.com/
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Schuyler

I watched that and the thing that I thought was among the more valuable points was that people who play games together, whether they win or lose, have better relationships. I thought about how important it is that I play with Simon and Linnaea and how valuable it is that they play with their friends, amongst others, via their xbox or the computer. I hadn't really thought about games as a facilitator, as a judgement tool, as a means of discovering how someone else responds to things and works with others, but it is and that totally leaped out at me from Jane McGonigal's talk.

Schuyler




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From: colleenkellyp <ckpaeff@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, 20 March, 2010 15:57:22
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Gaming Can Make a Better World TED Talk

I thought this might be helpful for some of the newer unschooling
parents with gamers in the family.

Here's a description of the talk:
Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and
incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this
gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can,
and explains how.

Here's the link:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.h\
tml
<http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.\
html>

Colleen
http://thenewunschooler.blogspot.com/
<http://thenewunschooler.blogspot.com/>



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Rebecca McClure

--- In [email protected], Schuyler <s.waynforth@...> wrote:
>I hadn't really thought about games as a facilitator, as a judgement tool, as a means of discovering how someone else responds to things and works with others, but it is and that totally leaped out at me from Jane McGonigal's talk.
>

That stood out for me, too. It's interesting to think about how gaming can influence relationships... that we like people better, that playing the game together builds trust.

I'm not a great gamer on the consoles as I'm prone to motion sickness (Mario Karts = blergh), but my son is keen to try World of Warcraft (and Lego Universe, when it finally is released). I can play those sorts of games (as I once got *quite* involved in Kingdom of Loathing, for those who may know of it). And I will.

In our family, as we relax out of our fear and shine the yes light around in our lives, gaming is becoming a more prominent feature in our day-to-day living. I want to embrace that to support my child's interests and this talk was so fantastically supportive of gaming that I felt another layer of my gut-clench-fear fall away.

I also loved idea of the 10,000 hours of online games before the age of 21 and becoming virtuosos (reference to The Outliers).

As a family, I feel we are heading for the Epic Win. :)

- Rebecca

plaidpanties666

--- In [email protected], "Rebecca McClure" <ackirebecci@...> wrote:
>It's interesting to think about how gaming can influence relationships... that we like people better, that playing the game together builds trust.
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Of the communities where I've lived, there have been better relations in the group when there have been regular games - party games and card games for the most part. Its a qualitatively different way of connecting than via shared meals. Eating together is nice, and gives people a chance to connect on one level, but there's a separation in a meal situation between those who prepare the food and those who don't. Playing games together brings in the same sort of cameraderie that forms between people working together, in a way.

---Meredith

Krisula Moyer

>>I'm not a great gamer on the consoles as I'm prone to motion sickness (Mario Karts = blergh), but my son is keen to try World of Warcraft (and Lego Universe, when it finally is released). I can play those sorts of games (as I once got *quite* involved in Kingdom of Loathing, for those who may know of it). And I will.<<

My son Trayton is a beta tester for Lego Universe and he says it is great! I am not a good game player but I try : ) and my family has really reaped the rewards of inclusiveness and tribal type bonding that came as a result of playing WOW together. It has noticeably improved some rocky sibling relationships.

Krisula Moyer
The Seer, the novel






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Rebecca McClure

> My son Trayton is a beta tester for Lego Universe and he says it is great!<

Wow! How cool is that! (And how did he land that gig?)

I'm truly excited for it to come out. I also think that we certainly need to add some WOW to our family.

- Rebecca