Comments on: Future of Entertainment 2 http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2007/11/future-of-entertainment-2/ A weblog for staff and students of the Media department at the London School of Economics Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:02:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: sophie bean http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2007/11/future-of-entertainment-2/#comment-47352 sophie bean Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:29:02 +0000 http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2007/11/future-of-entertainment-2/#comment-47352 Wouldn't it be interesting if the gaming industry could bring itself to actually put some thought into how it might help rather than hinder the use of technology and specifically games in education? Wouldn't it be an interesting world if those bright students who are now wasting their time and education - their young lives - in pointless and often violent gaming, in the process losing their computer privileges at school and at home, could use the technology productively and enjoyably? Or would exploring this possibility eat to deeply into the industry's profit margins? Just a down-homey ole' teacher partcipating and observing from somewhere in New England... Wouldn’t it be interesting if the gaming industry could bring itself to actually put some thought into how it might help rather than hinder the use of technology and specifically games in education? Wouldn’t it be an interesting world if those bright students who are now wasting their time and education - their young lives - in pointless and often violent gaming, in the process losing their computer privileges at school and at home, could use the technology productively and enjoyably? Or would exploring this possibility eat to deeply into the industry’s profit margins?

Just a down-homey ole’ teacher partcipating and observing from somewhere in New England…

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