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

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shared by Andrew McCollum on 04 Feb 11 - No Cached

Andrew McCollum on 04 Feb 11

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!"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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!"</div>

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

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Chris Dede on 28 Apr 12

Strong claims (with no evidence) about games and learning

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

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Brie Rivera on 18 Apr 10

3 billion hours of game play is not enough to solve the worlds most urgent problem?

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kshapton on 01 Feb 11

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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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

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Lisa Schnoll on 08 Apr 13

These the HG site created by Jane McGonigal for "the games for change collaborative" There are some really neat resources here.

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SuperBetter - 1 views

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Stephanie Fitzgerald on 15 Mar 12

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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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Seeking Philanthropy in MMOs and Online Gaming :: ZAM - 1 views

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shared by Jennifer Jocz on 12 Mar 10 - Cached

This Wednesday, McGonigal is launching Urgent Evoke, a new MMO-ARG (Alternate Reality Game) hybrid that she hopes will "help empower young people all over the world, and especially young people in Africa, to come up with creative solutions to our most urgent social problems," according to the official blog. The upcoming game offers players the chance to earn tangible rewards—scholarships and venture capital, for example—by performing real-world "quests" like volunteer work and career-building tasks. The concept might not seem that enticing to conventional gamers, but it's an early, real-world application of what McGonigal believes social gaming can help achieve.
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Jennifer Jocz on 12 Mar 10

Can video games help change the world?

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

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Astraea Wu on 03 Mar 11

Interesting!

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

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shared by Meghan Young on 30 Jan 11 - No Cached

Meghan Young on 30 Jan 11

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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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Video Games: An Hour A Day Is Key To Success In Life - 2 views