Presentation Proposal

I'm choosing the article entitled "What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy" by James Paul Gee.
(The article was found in the folder under the class schedule)

The article states that video games can help enhance learning.

• motivational - motivation drives learning
• get to make choices 
• producers not consumers (can co-create game world) - "too often, students in schools consume, but do not produce, knowledge, and rarely get to help design the curriculum."
• "games can show us how to get people to invest in new identities or roles, which can, in turn, become powerful motivators for new and deep learning in classrooms and workplaces."
• collaboration in games can prepare workers for modern workplaces
• study:
• 7-year-olds play the game "Age of Mythology," which motivates them to read and write about mythology all on their own outside of school. 

I think this article is interesting because it shines a different light on video games. All you ever hear is that children should cut back on playing video games because it essentially melts their brain. This article makes a case that video games are a good learning tool, which people might not realize. 

For a complementary article, I will probably select something that challenges the view that video games can help people learn.