Using Video Game Designs in School
What Happens When School Design Looks Like [Video] Game Design?
An Excerpt from Jordan Shapiro’s Article on Mind/Shift
The school “…looked very similar to any other school, EXCEPT every student seemed engaged, empowered, and motivated.
It wasn’t what I expected…There weren’t screens all over the place. No fingers pounding game controllers. I didn’t see tons of gadgets or gizmos.
But I did see a curriculum that was designed to approach from a video game perspective. The organizational structure through which material was presented was game-like… Success is a product of their to ability use complex concepts in context, not to memorize and regurgitate…”
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