Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Video Games Studied to Be Learning & AssessmentTools

Not quite what you might expect but the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding serious brain research to discover how video games can help in complex learning and develop noncognitive skills  such as empathy.  Many questions to ask.  Interesting research.  Check out the embedded links.

Researchers See Video Games as Testing, Learning Tools. 8.6.13 Benjamin Herold, Madison, WI. Education Week.  Premium Article.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/08/07/37games_ep.h32.html?tkn=MWCC3%2BYcMpDSmhcr9dlFNkU2TO%2BJFueC%2F0rf&cmp=clp-sb-ascd

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