It is amazing that Dede includes Game Boys devices and other entertainment consoles as learning technologies. How cool would it be to get a teacher willing to take on the adventure of using Game Boys to say teach a math class. Yes it would present a lot of logistical issues and some possible classroom management skills. But it would really catch the imagination of many students. "Hey guys this year Mr. Hamsley will be teaching Nintendo Math sign up if you are interested." To use technology in schools to make it really interesting to students we need to take learning technologies out of the playroom and adapt them to the classroom. There will be administrators, parents and other groups who challenge and scold this as pipe dream. But this is where many kids who slip through the cracks could be salvaged. We need to embrace technologies that kids already have mastered and find ways to bring their talents into the classroom.
Kirk
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