{"id":401,"date":"2004-05-30T03:37:47","date_gmt":"2004-05-30T08:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/hoanga\/2004\/05\/30\/games-and-education\/"},"modified":"2004-05-30T03:37:47","modified_gmt":"2004-05-30T08:37:47","slug":"games-and-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/hoanga\/2004\/05\/30\/games-and-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Games and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n The New York Times<\/a> has an article about the
\n intersection of Video Games and Education. In my opinion this is not really
\n a brand new frontier. However, there definitely is synergy (oh yeah
\n there’s that evil word!) between two disciplines however I don’t think
\n it is one of those cut-and-paste cases. To make GOOD educational software
\n that combine video game aspects requires work and research. And most
\n importantly, getting the software developers and the educators talking with
\n one another.
\n
\n An educator usually knows what type of tool they would like out of
\n software when teaching a class and the software developer must be
\n willing to work with the educator to meet that goal. This is nothing
\n new in my opinion.\n <\/p>\n

\n It seems in the article they discuss Muzzy Lane Software<\/a>
\n that is developing some software called Making History that let’s people
\n control European Governments in history and simulate the outcome and effects of
\n their actions. They are also putting it at a very realistic price tag
\n of $25-$40. While Open Source isn’t an evil route, I know teachers
\n would be happy to spend money on a software tool that let’s them enable
\n teaching. However, just putting out the tool IS NOT enough. There
\n will be some teachers who are computer savvy enough to be able to pick it
\n up and integrate it into their classroom teaching. However, just handing
\n someone a car doesn’t give them any idea of how to actually drive it,
\n maintain and use it in their daily life. What will also be necessary
\n is information resources for teachers on how to integrate this into their
\n own classroom teaching. Good luck with that, that is is the toughest
\n part.\n <\/p>\n

\n Read it yourself<\/a>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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