Gaming the System

MC101 classes on Thursday, Dec. 6 will have a non-traditional MediaNote. Your Humble Blogger will lead a discussion about games (i.e. Interactive Media) and learning. This will be an extension of the excellent academic panel that about 70 of us attended on Tuesday evening.

Here are the discussion questions...

•What are the features of a really good game?

•What makes a game addictive?

•Do games build skills? How?

•Do games build wisdom? How?

•People are motivated by money and, sometimes, extra credit. What do games use to motivate people?

(The Monday, Dec. 10 class will not have this discussion because we will need the entire class period to get through the Media Effects chapter Powerpoint.)