[AGL] X-box?

[Jon Ford]

Mike, your quip  is right on the money!  Unlike Harry Potter films and high 
school classes, the new media are interactive, leaving a lot of students 
bored silly by classroom instruction. A book on video games people should 
read, which gives us some insights into learning and gaming is James Gee's
"What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy" (Palgrave 
MacMillan).

<Standing in line for Harry Potter?

Talk about decorticating the brain.>

Mike

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	 	Honor and I talked with a local teacher whilst standing in line the other 
night for Harry Potter.  Part of this (sad) conversation was the revelation 
that his (high school level) kids....can not take notes, can not follow an 
"oral" argument and can only take notes if they are "bulletized" a la Power 
Point.  He assigns this horrid situation to a (young) lifetime of ......game 
playing.