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Ted Castranova on learning and virtual worlds

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Supported through the MacArthur Foundation's $50 million initiative to explore how technology is changing kids and learning, University of Indiana professor Ted Castranova is looking at the use of virtual worlds for learning. More information is at www.digitallearning.macfound.org

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  • I'm a teacher in my 30s; "everybody" my age grew up playing video games- is the proportion of video-game-playing children all that different from thirty years ago?I think the % of kids that DON'T play videos games daily is a lot higher than researchers claim. We used drill games to learn math facts, and even played simulations like Oregon Trail ONE, the B/W version. As I see more about expanding the "role" of video games in schools, I think there must be some kind of funding behind this....

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