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Andrew McCollum

Jane McGonigal on The Colbert Report talking about the productivity of playing games - 1 views

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    Jane McGonigal argues that playing games can have a positive real world impact. Colbert says kids will now say, "Just five more minutes, mom... I've almost cured cancer!"
kshapton

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    3 billion hours of game play is not enough to solve the worlds most urgent problem?
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    Building off Meghan's post about Jane McGonigal visiting the Harvard Bookstore, here Jane talks about the potential of video games in positive social change in a TED talk.
Chris Dede

Jane McGonigal, Designer of SuperBetter, Moves Games Deeper Into Daily Life - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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    Strong claims (with no evidence) about games and learning
Lisa Schnoll

Gameful - A Secret HQ for World-Changing Game Developers - 1 views

shared by Lisa Schnoll on 08 Apr 13 - No Cached
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    These the HG site created by Jane McGonigal for "the games for change collaborative" There are some really neat resources here.
Stephanie Fitzgerald

SuperBetter - 1 views

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    SuperBetter is a game designed to increase the player's "personal resilience" or grit while facing health or illness recovery challenges. Jane McGonigal is one of the creators. The game is in closed beta; it looks like you can sign up to play at least part of it from this site.
Astraea Wu

Jane McGonigal: Video Games: An Hour A Day Is Key To Success In Life - 1 views

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    Interesting!
Meghan Young

Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World - 1 views

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    Author Jane McGonigal will be speaking this Tuesday at 7:00pm at the Harvard Book Store (1256 Mass Ave.) If you can't make the program the store manager said that they would post a video of her talk on their website shortly after the talk.
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