James Paul Gee on Learning with Video Games

The gaming expert shares insights into why video games are such effective learning tools. Be sure to click "like" if you enjoyed this video!

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[1938superman]

Amazing. I've been telling family and friends this for the last year, not knowing there were so many others who'd reached the same conclusion. I badly want to work in this field, developing 21st century educational tools that make people want to learn. I think one of the natural fields for this is history. We already have games that create detailed worlds, about which their players are deeply knowledgable. What if we had the same games but just as historically accurate as our books?

[kingerz]

Very interesting thanks for posting.

[oyalegan olayiwola]

As a student of Educational technology at masters level I came to apriciate the use of games in Learning. This is good.

[TheZombieSplatter]

You should sign up to a games development course, That's what I did.

I'm researching one of my essays right now ;D

[waldorftrekkie]

If videogames give us everything already imagined, except the 1000 alternative ends for the game lovely&algorithmically decided for us to arrive or to choose... Why should we ever use again our 12 senses, imagination, inspiration and intuition? hum, ehh... Oh, yes: to ask puters to develope videogames to teach our children what replicant puters will still keep from the last human programmers, those that reached the last imaginations recalling their human soul strenghts. Moby Dick no more, alas!

[fluyd9]

wow is not even the most played one....pls.

[19ACE93]

I actually enjoyed watching this more than the video over which it played. I agree completely that relating academic concepts to familiar experiences is the best way to learn and wish you the best in your attempts to sway public education!

[jimmymaq1]

This is exactly where we want to go with our product, the Rare Earth Chemical Element Card Game, which we want to turn into the Rare Earth Chemical Element Video Game. Great explanation of how innovating education through video games will democratize access to learning.