http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/ Finding Interesting, Useful, and Beautiful Mathematical Patterns in the Universe Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:40:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » On Video Games and Education Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:38:57 +0000 http://markpneyer.com/wp/index.php/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/#comment-152 [...] On Video Games and Education (Via Technorati Search for: “Video Games in Education”.) MarkPNeyer: “Could it be that I find video games so entertaning because they’re just another form of learning?” [...] [...] On Video Games and Education (Via Technorati Search for: “Video Games in Education”.) MarkPNeyer: “Could it be that I find video games so entertaning because they’re just another form of learning?” [...]

]]> http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-151 lu Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:22:38 +0000 http://markpneyer.com/wp/index.php/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/#comment-151 u know what else is a form of learning? starting a new character on nerzhul. u know what else is a form of learning? starting a new character on nerzhul.

]]> http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Jeremy Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:26:02 +0000 http://markpneyer.com/wp/index.php/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/#comment-150 i play video games too sometimes! we should be friends sometimes. i play video games too sometimes! we should be friends sometimes.

]]> http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-149 defunkt Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:37:38 +0000 http://markpneyer.com/wp/index.php/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/#comment-149 http://www.gamespot.com/misc/igf/index.html http://www.gamespot.com/misc/igf/index.html

]]> http://www.markpneyer.com/wp/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/comment-page-1/#comment-148 megan Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:28:07 +0000 http://markpneyer.com/wp/index.php/2006/02/28/on-video-games-and-education/#comment-148 everything you do involves learning. video games are just a great way to learn, apply and repeat until mastered. with something like, say, planning a vacation for example, you learn after the trip what you should have done better and what you did right, but you can't proceed to plan 10 more trips in a row until you have mastered trip planning because it's unpractical. a video game can be mastered with little cost because, in general, it is a one time fee (or free...) to obtain the game and if you're playing it, then you're probably enjoying yourself so there's generally very little opportunity cost as well (unless it's hideously addictive and takes over your life, like WoW)... so, in answer to your rhetorical question, yes and no. yes it could be because it is another way of learning, but it's probably more like it's a great opportunity to learn and master a skill quickly, because pretty much everything we do is just another way of learning... everything you do involves learning. video games are just a great way to learn, apply and repeat until mastered. with something like, say, planning a vacation for example, you learn after the trip what you should have done better and what you did right, but you can’t proceed to plan 10 more trips in a row until you have mastered trip planning because it’s unpractical. a video game can be mastered with little cost because, in general, it is a one time fee (or free…) to obtain the game and if you’re playing it, then you’re probably enjoying yourself so there’s generally very little opportunity cost as well (unless it’s hideously addictive and takes over your life, like WoW)…
so, in answer to your rhetorical question, yes and no. yes it could be because it is another way of learning, but it’s probably more like it’s a great opportunity to learn and master a skill quickly, because pretty much everything we do is just another way of learning…

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