Category Archives: Video Games

Computer, console, hand held games that are educational and just plain fun.

nurturing readers

December 11, 2009 – 8:00 pm

A few weeks ago, I’d posted an interview with a 13yo homeschooler (my son), who is now an avid reader, on my blog. I received this comment from a reader, Lindy:
WOW, what a great kid you have there. And you know great kids come from great parents. Good job!!! I am trying really hard to [...]

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Video Games and Learning

September 30, 2008 – 4:39 pm

Thank you Cathy, for introducing me to edutopia.org and this video. Here James Paul Gee, a professor at Arizona State University talks about video games and their learning potential, online communities, and the future of education in general. Fascinating stuff.

Dr. Gee has written a book called What Video Games can Teach Us About Literacy and [...]

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