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If anything, I think Minecraft is making kids smarter. But whenever I say that, the technophobes, the Waldorf parents, and a whole subset of very smart, compassionate, concerned parents and teachers get very curmudgeonly.

We need to stop blaming the video games and start trying to make kids as passionate about the life-world as they are about the game-world. The trouble is that our own egos are in the way.

there’s some reason to believe that the next generation of classrooms will house less technology than many do today, while enabling learning that is far more compelling.

Research tells us that, at the most basic level, children’s social skills may be in decline from spending less face-to-face time and more time on screens.

Middle school children leading digital lives pose a particular challenge.

middle, and high school is how hungry they are for their teachers to teach them pro-social strategies for dealing with these difficult social dynamics