The idea of an adaptive educational game was really fleshed out in the Neil Stephenson book, Diamond Age. It isn't the best book in the world but if you like the Cyberpunk genre it's worth reading. I think that a game using modern technology could be made that is a combination of a game like Spore (itself probably pretty…
Highschool is worthless. No, I take that back. Highschool harms people that would have been okay otherwise, so it is worse than worthless. The most socially ruined people I have ever known have come out of public school. It is the natural result of having teachers that are more stupid than the students, and grouping people…
I never went to any school before college. I taught myself with a little help from my parents. I have no education? I have a BA in economics. I graduated with a GPA of 3.4. What are your educational achievements? It is so painfully obvious that children are born with the abillity to learn that for me to point it out is…
[ QUOTE ] this argument is going to go on forever, how about we get back on topic: education via video games [/ QUOTE ] Agreed, it's going nowhere and I'm thinking that people will just end up embarassing themselves if it goes on. (Myself included). And yea, even the mindless video games can be educational in their own…
[ QUOTE ] I think the concept of schools is obsolete. Most people just don't know it yet. [/ QUOTE ] i agree, pretty much what i do now in my senior year of high school is go for an hour and a half and sit there. i've never studied anything at all, make sure i am absent 9 times per semester (thats the limit) and i'm still…
Really? Including Japan's? This whole thread stinks of "We don't need no education". Anyone remember that South Park home school episode, and the sister turning into a total slut when she got into normal school?
I completely support the idea of games (and other interactive applications) being used for education. I'd rather work for a team that creates these types of games. Why read from a textbook when you can see, feel, manipulate? Take the processing of today's next-gen systems, and explore planets, ancient civilizations, the…
Yes. Anywhere. You act like I have never heard of Japan. I studied Japanese for years. I was going to double major in Asian area studies focusing on Japan. I had a Japanese roommate for a year. I wasn't impressed. Their education seems even less broad than in the US, which I think is pathetic. [edit] I find it especially…
this argument is going to go on forever, how about we get back on topic: education via video games I think video games in general have changed the way our generation handles problems, when challenged with something new and unkown we poke around and experiment to figure out how things work and use deductive reasoning.
Whoa buddy, settle down, I wasn't refering to you with that comment. I was reffering to anarchists, maybe I should've said extreme anarchists. And I was wrong about gates then I guess. Oh well. You seemed to have beef with school in general. (By the way, I technically went to a private school. GPA means dick all to me, and…