though the combination of words can cause the average gamer to shudder, if you think about it, a plethora of educational games exist in the world today, and many of us would not be who we are without them. Sure, there are the obvious examples of increased hand eye coordination and creative problem solving, and of course, the old time Lemonade stand, Number Munchers, Mario Teaches Typing, Oregon Trail, etc. But many games have taught me valuable life lessons rangig from personal behavior to morals and ethics to conversative abilities. I'd even go as far to say that I have learned more about being a better human being through video games than actualy dealing with people. I mean, have you seen the crap people do to each other these days? It's no surprise that video games are on the verge of being re-utilized for educational purposes.
Now, here comes the interesting part (at least for me) I am a teacher at a private school. This was not my intended field, I went to school for creative writing as it pertains to video games (being sick of horrible and redundant plots, poor dialogue, and insufficient character growth and reactions) and I would love to have the opportunity to either help with this campaign or utilize it during the testing phase. If anyone out there knows how to contact those responsible for this so I can speak with them, please let me know. I believe my e-mail address will post with this, but if it does not, reach me at my work e-mail 'j.ginsberg@wfha.org'
The sooner we can bring video games into the mainstream through education, the sooner we can prove to all the older generations (no offense meant) that video games are not the problem with society but that society is the problem with society (and society is the problem with video games)
so, that's what's going on? We complain that children are obese because they eat mcdonalds three times a day, then ban tag and other sports/activities that actually get them moving around. The hipocrisy is so deep, I think I hav to start holding my breath.
Man, what I really want to see is a similar remake of all co-operatiev arcade games. We got the new X-Men in Legends form, but we need a Ninja Turtles (Battlenexus? what the fuck was that?) and others. Co-op needs to come back in full swing!
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though the combination of words can cause the average gamer to shudder, if you think about it, a plethora of educational games exist in the world today, and many of us would not be who we are without them. Sure, there are the obvious examples of increased hand eye coordination and creative problem solving, and of course, the old time Lemonade stand, Number Munchers, Mario Teaches Typing, Oregon Trail, etc. But many games have taught me valuable life lessons rangig from personal behavior to morals and ethics to conversative abilities. I'd even go as far to say that I have learned more about being a better human being through video games than actualy dealing with people. I mean, have you seen the crap people do to each other these days? It's no surprise that video games are on the verge of being re-utilized for educational purposes.
Now, here comes the interesting part (at least for me) I am a teacher at a private school. This was not my intended field, I went to school for creative writing as it pertains to video games (being sick of horrible and redundant plots, poor dialogue, and insufficient character growth and reactions) and I would love to have the opportunity to either help with this campaign or utilize it during the testing phase. If anyone out there knows how to contact those responsible for this so I can speak with them, please let me know. I believe my e-mail address will post with this, but if it does not, reach me at my work e-mail 'j.ginsberg@wfha.org'
The sooner we can bring video games into the mainstream through education, the sooner we can prove to all the older generations (no offense meant) that video games are not the problem with society but that society is the problem with society (and society is the problem with video games)
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so, that's what's going on? We complain that children are obese because they eat mcdonalds three times a day, then ban tag and other sports/activities that actually get them moving around. The hipocrisy is so deep, I think I hav to start holding my breath.
Man, what I really want to see is a similar remake of all co-operatiev arcade games. We got the new X-Men in Legends form, but we need a Ninja Turtles (Battlenexus? what the fuck was that?) and others. Co-op needs to come back in full swing!