{"id":248,"date":"2009-09-21T08:27:10","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T14:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=248"},"modified":"2014-09-12T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T18:02:14","slug":"all-videogames-all-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2009\/09\/21\/all-videogames-all-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"All Videogames, All the Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Now, I&#8217;m a big fan of Serious Games, but I&#8217;m also quite sure that this is one of those cases where more is not necessarily better. What is important is <em>balance<\/em>. I suppose it may be difficult to make sure students have exposure to natural things too, given that they are in Manhattan (<a href=\"http:\/\/q2l.org\/\">http:\/\/q2l.org\/<\/a>), but I am quite convinced that ultimately, a lack of connection with nature and living things will have far more negative consequences than spending too much time online.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m talking negative on an epic scale.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/scitech\/article\/2009-09\/first-public-school-based-games-set-nyc-debut\">New York Launches Public School Curriculum Based on Playing Games<\/a><\/p>\n<div>Video games and learning exercises form the core of a new public school curriculum<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-248'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(248);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(248);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(248);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Now, I&#8217;m a big fan of Serious Games, but I&#8217;m also quite sure that this is one of those cases where more is not necessarily better. What is important is balance. I suppose it may be difficult to make sure &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2009\/09\/21\/all-videogames-all-the-time\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[44,41,389,342,393],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-american-society","tag-education","tag-educational-technology","tag-games-gaming","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-40","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3332,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/04\/18\/are-we-teaching-our-kids-to-not-learn\/","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":0},"title":"Are We Teaching Our Kids to NOT learn?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm currently teaching an online graduate course in Digital Game Based Learning. It has included some great discussions about all kinds of things. Erin Lerouge (one of the class members) wrote a few comments on Seymore Paperts classic article, \"Papert, S. (1998). Does Easy Do It? 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Note: This image is not to be posted anywhere or re-used without my written permission. Citation: Becker, K. 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