Computer Games and the Writing Classroom: Four Perspectives


	Computer Games and the Writing Classroom: Four Perspectives

RayWatkins

10-29-2008 11:05 AM

106 views

RayWatkins says:

Richard Colby, University of Denver
Rebekah Shultz Colby, University of Denver

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from October 29, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d991ab90-cde6-45ec-8e5d-bfdb0d3ea807/07007D90-DC08-4538-8394-B2344E798EF6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/gaming_issue_2008/Colby_Colby_design/index.htm" href="http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/gaming_issue_2008/Colby_Colby_design/index.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bgsu.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/gaming_issue_2008/Colby_Colby_design/index.htm">In the September 2006 issue of <I>Harper’s Magazin</I>e, senior editor Bill Wasik organized a forum between two educators and two “video-game 
	enthusiasts” (31) to ask how videogames might be used to teach writing.  
	The five lessons, grammar, argument, plot, characterization, and greatness, 
	revealed much about attitudes toward education and videogames.  To all 
	four, plot and characterization seemed beyond the capacity of videogames to 
	teach, which struck us as peculiar as we considered the sacrifice that Floyd 
	made in <EM>Planetfall</EM>, or the drama that routinely ensues in <EM>The Sims 2</EM> 
	as gamers construct their own narratives as they play.  
	The real question that the article leaves the reader with comes from game 
	designer and game theorist Raph Koster, who towards the end asks: “What 
	kind of writing do we hope to teach” (39)?</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/07007D90-DC08-4538-8394-B2344E798EF6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips