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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

eSchool Top News and Site of the Week

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New research on gaming design and brain plasticity offers more perspectives on educational gaming
By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

According to a recent paper by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), games, when developed correctly and used appropriately, can engage players in learning that is specifically applicable to school curriculum—and teachers can leverage the learning in these games without disrupting the worlds of either "play" or school.

A report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, "Game Changer: Investing in digital play to advance children's learning and health," claims that on an average day, children as young as eight spend as many hours engaged in media activity as they spend in school. Seventy-five percent of American children play computer and video games, it says.
The report, said Michael Levine, executive director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, aims to help answer the question: "Can digital games, especially well-designed education games, help reshape our nation's approach to learning and growing?"
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"Science Nation" is a free, weekly online magazine from the National Science Foundation that looks at discoveries with the potential to transform our world -- such as an artificial retina that can help the blind to see, new materials for building things stronger and lighter, what we're learning from organisms in hot volcanic vents, and ice core secrets that could reveal the answers to global warming. "Each week, 'Science Nation' takes a dynamic, entertaining look at the research -- and the researchers -- that will change our lives," the site proclaims.

Source: eSchool News