Video Games and Gaming In Learning

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This is an outstanding revelation! Video Games and Gaming in the keys for learning! Just what I think too! I believe that Video Games are key in learning, I have learned volumes from playing video games. My vocabulary has increased, my problem solving skills advanced, and my hand eye coordination is quick. These are but a few things I have learned. I found this article in The Truro Daily News:

"NASA researcher says video games hold key to resurgence in learning print this article
THE CANADIAN PRESS

WINNIPEG — A NASA researcher says video games may hold the key to a resurgence in learning.
Daniel Laughlin said rock ’n’ roll and comic books were treated with as much suspicion in their day and were accused of corrupting youth.
“Since 1993, violent crime in Canada and the U.S. has declined by 50 per cent and during that time the video gaming industry has exploded,” Laughlin said. “If video games were really linked to crime, then we wouldn’t have seen that decline in violence.”
NASA’s learning technologies project manager at the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Baltimore said video game software has been successfully used in training and simulation programs and NASA hopes to develop the most successful, fun, online video game ever.
Laughlin detailed NASA’s plans to a group of academics, government officials and industry representatives who met at the University of Manitoba for a half-day workshop on video gaming technology and how it can be used in training environments."
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