TEDxNextGenerationAsheville - Jonathan Schenker - "School Mods: Gaming The Educational System"

[BurritoBazooka]

at around 6:30... I actually think violence should be rendered way better. Computer games come far from exposing the reality of warfare. And we need to be exposed to the reality of it once in a while. Otherwise we take war for granted, and all those battles that we hear of where x number of troops and y number of enemies killed in action. Honestly, war seems more like a stock market when you look at it from a distance. The reality must be experienced first hand to be understood fully.

[BurritoBazooka]

I wonder if corporations actually take a glance at TED once in a while.

[NICHOLAS5085]

ROFL..."They don't call it a game; for the sake of reputation" >.O''

[CoachWinsor]

I bet he is home schooled...a very impressive young man.

[mateeah]

I bet Steve Jobs would like this

[dailydols]

3:50 "as we gamers call it: an epic win!" .... no applause....too much of an insider!

[ChlorineChugger]

Can social interaction in a true interpersonal medium be adequately replaced by online communities? I don't think there can be a replacement for human interaction, human touch, human chemistry. WoW and Starcraft are great and fun, but heck, a lot of these gamers are so socially awkward. Those games never prepared them for actual life situations in which they would have to interact with others outside of cyberspace.

Other than that, valid points, indeed.

[autogear]

An epic win that will require the older generation to release their grasp of steel and let the younger generation take over the role of spear-heading technology integration into our daily lives. Well said.

[larswijnia]

you think it's better that every child on a school spend hours and hours a day behind a computer screen and making their eyes pop out than learning from books? why don't make the books moor atractive?? and MOST real game addicts look nog so good. so, why promoting gaming??

[stijnhommes]

@larswijnia If you count how many adults stare at a computer screen in their job, it seems to me that teaching computer skills should be a basic part of education anyway -- aside from all the good points Jonathan made here.

Why games? They're more adaptable to changes in knowledge and they engage children in the one thing they're best at: play. Using games in education would let kids be kids and have them learn at the same time. A win for both sides.

[PsychoT991]

Good Job Schenker

[heewon11]

Good talk!

[MiaOgletree]

Jonathon

What are the company names and the game names you suggest for my 7 year old

[gummybaer189]

Jonathan, you did such an amazing job, im not even kidding. your going to do awesome things.

[pirateatheart215]

Amazing speech, very well done! You, sir, are awesome!

[sspoonbenderr]

Epic speech.

Man, we needed that.

Score one for gamers. Lets get some real facts and knowledge built into these games. No reason we have to only be learning about fictional storylines and fantasy physics. There's a TON of learning going on and noone seems to recognize it.

[CommonSenseHealthOrg]

Fantastic speech...love your passion!

Be sure to post updates on your latest creations. Homeschoolers will be a great target market as well as traditional brick & mortar. Good luck in everything you do!

[luckchickenburger]

jonathan - awesome speech! great working with you - and hope this video makes all the ripples i think it will... :) stephanie

[sirfreakman]

#EpicTalk about video games!

Congratulations!

By the way I was a gamer, I played Age of Empires, but for the moment I don't play anything. Your talk inspires me to be a gamer!

#FTW