One of the first games I remember seriously playing was King’s Quest VII on the home computer. It was an adventure-like game where you navigated a series of islands to collect things and generally was a lot of fun. I remember also from 510 thinking about this game as it has a great impact on […]
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jenaca
I have a lot of personal experience with gaming on the computer. At a young age my parents enrolled me in a computer program, outside of school, where I learned how to use the computer as well as playing games- math, reading, ect… Then throughout myK-12 schooling years we were constantly in and out of […]
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Julie S 9:22 am on October 4, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
@jenaca – great learning experiences. Do you find that you’ve been drawn to any learning games as an adult? Given how engrained you have been with digital games since childhood I wonder how that’s impacted your perspective on the value of games for adult learning?
ifeoma 6:26 pm on October 4, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Wow! Jeneca, you are a true digital native! You had an early start. Your students I guess in a way using games to learn removes a stereotypical formality from the learning process. It is like placing the kids in the domain (play room) only you unlock learning at the same time. I remember non-computer games I played that taught me counting in twos and fives etc.