One of the big ideas from 6.0 was that kids are not naturally good at complex games. They often have the time, resources, but they do not always have the guidance of a mentor. Many kids are playing games designed by adults for adults. This is good and bad. Good in that the adult games [...]
"We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing."
-George Bernard Shaw
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Games in the Classroom 6: cultural modeling and education beyond abstraction
8/20/2007
Do kids just naturally get it? Are they just good at games, computers, phones, and all things digital? My experience and common sense says no, although I wish it were a general truth. Do kids need to learn about games in school? Yes, if we want to guide them in optimal usage, and maybe learn [...]
Games in the Classroom Part 4
8/17/2007
Games as Expert Systems It seems like common sense to assume that the best way to learn something is to work one-on-one with an expert. Unfortunately, many of these experts are busy using their expertise in important projects at the Louvre, saving lives, winning Nobel prizes, and putting out fires—and sometimes a great expert is [...]
Alternative presents and futures research
8/15/2007
I am developing the following ideas with George Kubik and John Moravec. We welcome any feedback you might have. To date, divisions of past, present, and future have been a necessary condition for a paradigm of futures research. We assert that the futures research field must progress beyond traditional assumptions and categories of past, present [...]
Games in the Classroom (part three)
7/30/2007
Twenty years ago, playing games over a distance might have meant that you played turn-taking games like chess over email, and you were cutting edge. I remember people playing chess through snail mail! You would make your move and wait for a reply. What is happening now is taking place in real-time in virtual environments [...]
NY Times: Business reorganization affects innovation
12/7/2004
Article link: Innovation and disruption still going hand in hand The New York Times reports that “the cutthroat environment of ever increasing competition could actually hinder future technological advances.” The drive for innovative business models in an increasingly deregulated and globalized environment creates rapid continuous change in the global economy. An American school textbook publisher, [...]
Digital Chosunilbo: “New forms of online communication spell end of email era in Korea”
11/30/2004
Article link: New forms of online communication spell end of email era in Korea This article cites research that finds that over two-thirds of high school and college students in two South Korean provinces rarely or no longer use email to communicate. Younger generations are instead turning to SMS, IM and blogs to communicate. “Email’s [...]
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