Robb Ross: Commentary on presentation on \u201cGood Video Games and Good Learning\u201d article by James Paul Gee<\/p>\n
I enjoyed this group\u2019s presentation and thought they explored the topic of how engaging with video games develops universal and transferable skills. However I would like to further expand on the conversation that ensued after.<\/p>\n
But before I do, Teresa, could we just consider the emails we exchanged on this subject to be my 300-word commentary, and call it a day?<\/p>\n
lol<\/p>\n
About 2 hours ago, as we were walking, I suggested that perhaps there was a link between the fact Naz, Peter, and I spoke critically of this topic because we have Master\u2019s Degree and are older than other students. Therefore, we may have more entrenched (conservative) views about writing and the study of English. I have to confess that I harbor a very judgmental view that anyone reading comics or watching anime after the age of 12 is in some form of arrested development. Cognitively I know that\u2019s harsh and limiting, but it\u2019s just a visceral reaction I have. So when I hear about using games in the classroom I shudder.<\/p>\n
Another issue is that for the past 4 years I\u2019ve been an overseas high school IB teacher. I don\u2019t teach ELA. My students write papers on existentialism in Albert Camus\u2019 The Stranger<\/em> or explore alienation in Kafka\u2019s Metamorphosis<\/em>. As well, the syllabus is packed and I often have only 12 classes to teach a complex novel and also conduct assessment. Therefore, time is an issue.<\/p>\n Part of the problem is that I\u2019ve been pondering the use of video games in English lessons for only 4 days. I\u2019m going to need time to evolve on the issue. As I said in class, I would think that the validity of using them could be tied to the nature of the text. Fantasy novels like The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe<\/em> like C.S. Lewis would seem to more naturally mesh with learning through video games.<\/p>\n Probably the comment that most resonates in my mind is when you said that the types of narratives that exist in video games also exist in literature. Both can be equally complex or simple. As that\u2019s the case, then video games can be a valid way to motivate students and explore the text.<\/p>\n What it likely comes down to is that I stopped playing video games when I was 10 years old. I just don\u2019t know enough about them yet to make an informed judgment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Robb Ross: Commentary on presentation on \u201cGood Video Games and Good Learning\u201d article by James Paul Gee I enjoyed this group\u2019s presentation and thought they explored the topic of how engaging with video games develops universal and transferable skills. However I would like to further expand on the conversation that ensued after. But before I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564429,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming-2","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2736,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions\/2736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled368\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}