GLASS Lab is doing something pretty impressive, if you haven’t heard.
They are, as we speak, working to develop video game-based tools to validate students’ learning of core skills that are perceived to translate directly to college and career success. GLASS Lab is in the unique position of being able to actually integrate state-led content standards and measure student learning by modifying popular video game titles and creating original video games. This may sound like madness, but once these games are complete, they will be made available to middle and high school students, school districts and families at little or no cost.
[quote]“Video games can revolutionize American education and students’ testing and learning,” said Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of ESA, the trade association representing the U.S. video game industry. “We can harness students’ passion and energy for video games and utilize that to reach and educate a 21st century workforce with skills critical for college and career readiness.”[/quote]
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have awards $10.3 million in grants to GLASS Lab to conduct their work. This is a huge investment, and really shows the commitment that people are willing to throw at this sort of endeavor. Something that would have been unthinkable just a few short years ago. I don’t care if you’re not a fan of the term “edutainment” but it’s only getting bigger. The fact is, games engage people, and engaged people learn the intricacies of the things that engage them.
[quote]“We are very enthusiastic about the GLASS Lab project,” said Robert Torres, Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “We need projects that will work with students and speak to them in their native language – digital media. Through game-based learning, students will be challenged, and teachers and parents can get real-time feedback on student progress.”[/quote]
We live in a culture today where the younger generation is bombarded with visual stimuli. From their computers, to their TVs, to their phones, children are not gearing in to the same things that older generations did. When you expose yourself to a specific medium, you become more apt at working with that medium. GLASS Lab intends to capitalize on this in an effort that, if successful, could have profound effects on how we view future prospects of education.
[quote]Commenting on the potential of video games to provide evidence of learning, Katie Salen, Executive Director of Institute of Play said: “Video games are data rich environments designed to provide ongoing feedback to players; tapping into this richness has the potential to radically alter the way we approach both teaching and learning.”[/quote]
This is truly an attempt to grasp the future. It’s the utilization of new tools, and new ways of thinking, and it’s doing it for the most worthwhile cause there is. We live in a pretty exciting time, don’t you think?
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please help me…. can you tell me what site involves RPG games that no more needs to be downloaded and mst be online so i can have fun surfing the internet
(LINKZ RECOMMENDED)
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ADVENTURE QUEST
MECH QUEST
DRAGONFABLE
cuz i tried them and they suck~! no offense for the makers
I’ve got a game that I’ve added to my games folder in Windows 7. It’s Hawx2, a steam version of the game. I added it there by dragging it into the folder, but, unlike other games I’ve put in there, it doesn’t work, and I can’t seem to delete it. Any suggestions on how I could remove it from the games folder??? It’s really annoying having it in there when it doesn’t work.
German company which makes the glass that another company can make Lab Slides for diagnostic testing etc. Meizel? Miezel? Mezel?
and how is it used in the laboratory?
how do you get it in and out of this bottle. Please describe little by little detail so I can understand it. Thanks
This is in relation to another question I asked.
Under the categories, Provincial Nominee, Skilled Worker, and the new Canadian Experience Class, what is the least amount of education required for Immigration to Canada?
Some people keep saying you need to have at least a 4 year degree or a baccalaureate etc to be qualified, yet the Canada Immigration website says you can qualify with less (2 year diploma, etc). So I’m just curious what should I believe and does anyone else have an idea of what the least amount of education is required?
For example: 1. test tube, 2. Burette…
Would education quality in the US be ranked across nationwide averages of all persons regardless of schooling? Or only those ‘privileged’ to go to school will be ranked?
People around the world often think Education system in America is good.
Do you think Education System of your country is good or bad?
How to measure the performance of an Education System?
can Dropping-out-school rate be used as a key performance indicator?
I just got a whole lot of brand new glassware for free. Besides using the glass for my actual lab, I have always wanted to make coffee with the glassware. Anyone know the best way to do that? I’ve always seen it portrayed in old movies with either coffee or tea.
It’s my own personal lab and I don’t have an vapors in it that are harmful.
There are lots of ways to make coffee at home, that’s why I’m asking how they do it with lab glassware
I always have been interested in the medical field and I am planning to be a missionary. I was wondering what kind of education should I need if I were to help people out in public. In another way, what kind of education would you need to be a clinical doctor like when you get a checkup or when your sick with the flu.
I’m 15 and one day would like to own a video game development company but how would I start. And run it and how would I pay for a team to help. But first I plan on making a small simple game and go up from there. But guys can you help me out here would can I start and run a video game development company?
In what ways do you think professional education at a University level is different from your previous experiences of education?
In england compulsory education is until age 16. Then if we want to, we go to 6th form/college until we are 18 (depending on the length of the course). Then we go to university.
I believe in America you don’t leave compulsory education until age 18? Thanks.
I’m interested in pursuing an Master’s degree in education. Primarily, adult education, but not in the continuing education sort. My end goal would be a instructor or trainer for a company. I searched around but couldn’t find any actual degree plans that had this type of concentration.