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   Bandwagon

   

   teacher, Dec 11th, 2003 @ 11:56pm

   
   

   Stupdi, stupid, stupid. Typical MIT bandwagon jumping for publicity. The bottom line is that proper learning is hard, you can't disguise it as a game, you can't make it fun for people who don't enjoy learning. Every teacher worth their salt knows this. Note I am not against video games, just the bogus idea that you can make them educaational. There is no magic bullet for learning - you have to do the work.

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   Not True. Re: Bandwagon

   

   Anonymous Coward, Dec 12th, 2003 @ 7:13am

   
   

   Typical limited teacher thinking. Can't see the big picture.
   
   A major component of teaching is about preparing for real life - games can be made to simulate real-life situations, ex. running a company, designing a factory, etc. except the games can do it in highly, highly compressed time so people can learn by practical means... not by being droned on to in a classroom, or told to read chapters 1 - 5 and quizzed on it.
   
   No, playing Doom 3 isn't going to help you learn to write complex essays. But the right simulation can teach you a lot about the real world.
   
   
   

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   Re: Not True. Bandwagon

   

   teacher, Dec 15th, 2003 @ 4:57am

   
   

   What a load of nonsense. Yes, simulation can teach you stuff, but you have to have a solid grounding in basics before it helps you.
   
   Oh, and I do see the picture because I'm not taken in by the hype of games and fun learning, or by the appearance of the magic initials MIT next to a piece of work. The picture is bigger than you appear to be aware of.

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