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The Game Believes in You - Greg Toppo

The Game Believes in You

How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter

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Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-27957-6 (ISBN)
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USA Today journalist and former public school teacher Greg Toppo defies the technology-resistant attitude of today's educators and shows how game designers are revolutionizing learning.
What if schools, from the wealthiest suburban nursery school to the grittiest urban high school, thrummed with the sounds of deep immersion? More and more people believe that can happen - with the aid of video games. From Greg Toppo, USA Today's national K-12 education and demographics reporter, The Game Believes in You presents the story of a small group of visionaries who, for the past 40 years, have been pushing to get game controllers into the hands of learners. Among the game revolutionaries you'll meet in this book:

*A game designer at the University of Southern California leading a team to design a video-game version of Thoreau's Walden Pond.

*A young neuroscientist and game designer whose research on "Math Without Words" is revolutionizing how the subject is taught, especially to students with limited English abilities.

*A Virginia Tech music instructor who is leading a group of high school-aged boys through the creation of an original opera staged totally in the online game Minecraft.

Experts argue that games do truly "believe in you." They focus, inspire and reassure people in ways that many teachers can't. Games give people a chance to learn at their own pace, take risks, cultivate deeper understanding, fail and want to try again-right away-and ultimately, succeed in ways that too often elude them in school. This book is sure to excite and inspire educators and parents, as well as provoke some passionate debate.

Greg Toppo is USA Today's national K-12 education and demographics reporter. He lives near Baltimore, Maryland.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.5.2015
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 165 x 245 mm
Gewicht 300 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Familie / Erziehung
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Unterrichtsvorbereitung Unterrichts-Handreichungen
Informatik Office Programme Outlook
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
ISBN-10 1-137-27957-5 / 1137279575
ISBN-13 978-1-137-27957-6 / 9781137279576
Zustand Neuware
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