[YL] Info: PLAY AND LEARN

[Akesha1 at aol.com]

PLAY AND LEARN
This article presents perspectives from heavy weights  such as Steven 
Johnson, Elyssabeth Leigh, Mark Pesce and others on the use of  video games as 
educational tools. Nevertheless, it was Mark Pesce’s concern for  the real-world 
efficacy of video games that interested me the most:
“We train pilots in simulations so they can carry those lessons over into  
the real world. We even train army personnel in simulations so they can carry  
those lessons over to the real world. Are our children carrying those lessons  
over into the real world? That’s an open question. I don’t think anybody 
knows  the answer to  that.”
http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/08/23/1124562860174.html  

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