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Games promote higher order thinking skills (Don’t tell the Texas GOP)

Konstantin Mitgutsch, MIT, co-editor and co-author of  Exploring the Edges of Gaming (2010), defends the idea that games promote higher order thinking.  His presentation was recorded at the JogNog...

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Games and Higher Order thinking skills

Doug Adams provides good observations and great quotes on video games and Higher Order Thinking Skills. To watch the slide presentation click here; Video Games And Higher Order Thinking from Doug Adams

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Video Games as Tools for Learning and Recovery

Sheldon Armstrong writes that; “Many parents see video games as time-wasting distractions and encourage their children to stop playing and to focus on their studies. A growing number of teachers and...

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Deconstructing Donkey Kong

Jordan Shapiro challenges parents, teachers, and academics to train their children and/or students to think critically about video games as you would a text.  This is a good admonition which may help...

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