http://bitdepth.org/2008/01/26/super-mario-galaxy-as-a-model-for-learning/ widening the web Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://bitdepth.org/2008/01/26/super-mario-galaxy-as-a-model-for-learning/#comment-116 brien Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:53:49 +0000 http://bitdepth.org/2008/01/26/super-mario-galaxy-as-a-model-for-learning/#comment-116 While I think that rewards and exploration are important to learning, I think we should keep children as far away from virtual environments as possible. What benefit is there learning to guide Mario over creating a piece of music and sharing it, or a picture, or an animation? I think we should be focusing on creating tools to help people, especially children, learn how to be creative and communicate real issues, and not confine ourselves to artificial abstraction. While I think that rewards and exploration are important to learning, I think we should keep children as far away from virtual environments as possible. What benefit is there learning to guide Mario over creating a piece of music and sharing it, or a picture, or an animation? I think we should be focusing on creating tools to help people, especially children, learn how to be creative and communicate real issues, and not confine ourselves to artificial abstraction.

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