Educational Technology

April 22, 2011

School for the gaming generation

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

by the Otago Daily News

Rock music blares in a Manhattan classroom as an 11-year-old builds a website for video game enthusiasts. In another room, pupils are immersed in a life sized-video game, sifting through the remains of ancient civilisations. What kid wouldn’t love a school developed by video game designers? Quest to Learn was designed to be different from the ground up. This complete reinvention of the typical urban middle school downplays rote memorization in favor of collaborative learning, critical thinking and imaginative exploration as a way to change how today’s students learn.

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/technology/156009/school-gaming-generation

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