A wonderful Op-Ed in today’s New York Times on the role of play in the learning process. Though specifically referring to the development cycle of students under the age of 12, the post makes a number of great points that can be applicable for learners of all ages. Here are a few points.
1. Desired outcomes [...]
June 9th, 9-12am
A pre-GLS, half-day gathering on the current and future state of mobile learning, hosted by GLS (UW Madison’s Academic Technology) .
In ever-broadening spheres, people are becoming aware of the game-changing possibilities of mobile learning. While this is not a surprise to those who have already been experimenting with mobile, we believe it’s time [...]
GENERATION M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds
A Kaiser Family Foundation Study. JANUARY 2010
My post headline is purposefully… what’s the word? Inflammatory? Because this report is significant and important, and heralds in a much larger message beyond the report’s main point that “Kids are consuming more media.”
It’s this important:
When the printing press was [...]
…another post from my work blog:
I haven’t checked the research, but these are some pretty impressive claims: after 20 hours of game play (over 8 weeks) reasoning scores up 32%; cognitive processing speed scores up 27%.
Wow.
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Posted Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:31 PM
New Research: $13 Christmas gifts = 13 point gain in kids’ IQ
Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Shoppers, you [...]
Playing on the Edge
Here I discuss a structured learning activity, in the broader curriculum of canoeing, that allows for a range of skill levels to engage in, and be challenged by.
At Flying Moose Lodge, after campers have had some experience and instruction on how to do the basic C- and J- strokes, and have a [...]
An early morning (6am) flight to New York for the Games for Change conference at the Parsons New School.
I’m presenting on a panel tomorrow with Alex Games, Moses Wolfenstein, and Sean Duncan on developing a Designer Mindset when developing games. I expect to post a write up shortly afterwards.
I’m also looking forward to meeting [...]
Tuesday morning at the 2009 AERA (American Educational Research Association) annual meeting, Kurt Squire, Jim Mathews, and I presented for 45 minutes on using mobile media to make place-based games. Afterwards some folks came up and asked if that presentation were going to be available online. We hadn’t thought about it, but decided that we [...]
