More+on+Edc.Gaming

Gaming and Education: This is a hot area right now with lots of interesting questions: are kids actually learning anything when they play games? If so, what? Do games promote any kind of learning besides hand-eye coordination? Great topics for your blog.

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Browse resources about gaming:
 * View a video of [|Marc Prensky], the guru of educational gaming (NOTE: This links to a windows media file.)
 * Browse [|Prensky's Social Impact Games] website that includes descriptions of a variety of edu-games now under development
 * Dr. James Paul Gee's book [|What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy] got a lot of press when it came out. Here are a few links to reviews and articles: [|PC GameZone], [|Wired]

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