Educators call for more video games, fewer books in schools

[mandy]

Of all of the proposals aimed at improving America's failing schools, there's one idea kids will really like: More video games and fewer books.

At least a number of educators hope so, arguing that children would get more excited about school and that video games can present real-life problems to solve.

Nobody is talking about putting violent video games such as Doom or Mortal Kombat into classrooms, particularly given concerns they may encourage aggressive behavior.

Instead, educators such as Indiana University associate professor Sasha Barab are developing alternative video games that can teach as well as entertain...

full article: http://news.com.com/More+video+games%2C+...g=nefd.top

[chiquita]

More information regarding the MacArthur foundation learning panel

Links:
http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry...nel_crowd/
http://www.digitallearning.macfound.org/...9/Home.htm

Thank You Mandy for the article. I only wish I had known about the funding for this project earlier.