What can schools learn from why millions of people of all ages are turning to online gaming and online virtual environments? I've been reading this book by Jane Mcgonigal on the effect of and reasons why millions of people of all ages are turning to online gaming and online virtual environments. Here's Jane at TED summarizing the book in 15 minutes.
I love Jane McGonigal's thoughts on the future and can see the potential of this in my classroom right now. We need this. Game developers and educationalists need to be working together to create some truly awesome 'Big Picture" games. Something that actually makes a serious impact on the world or at least, the way we see and interact with our world.
The future is truly bright!
