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In the online article Zero- Thumb Game How To Tame Texting, written by Sara Bernard, directly focuses on how to use texting as a tool in the classroom. This article doesn't look at texting as a horrible thing that needs. Another main topic in this article is how comfortable students are with text talk, that it creates an atmosphere where passive students feel as if they can participate. This directly shows how students feel more comfortable to participate because they are more comfortable with the technology. So maybe this idea of text messaging in the classroom isn't such a mad idea after all, it creates a comfortable environment for almost all students, and creates a new form of teaching when to use the text talk and when not to.

In "Learning Through Play" by Bob Mackey, Mackey argues that video games have been in classrooms for years but have never been used to their full capacity. In this article he explores ways in which video games made for fun (not for educational purposes) can be applied in the classroom.

The new decade of game...

In this talk Chellman talks about why girls have a better chance at succeeding in school than boys; and how should we change our methods of teaching today to improve the boys chances of success. She states that some of the reasons why this is happening is because, there are more female teachers than male teachers so they enforce their ideas on the boys. She goes on to say that there should be more input into creating video games which is something that boys are interested in as a source of teaching.

This is interesting! This article focus on gaming addiction how people are paying less attention to their family and friends and what kind of a person you can become.

Kinda Interesting ...

Everyone is joining in with this whole gaming social media..

In the video clip from TED talks Ali Carr-Chellman, an associate professor of education discusses how we can use something that is popular with boys to engage them in learning; because in schools today curriculum are set towards girls achieving more than boys.

In this video Ali Carr-Chellman talks about how boys aren't succeeding in their education and how gaming isn't the cause for this problem.

Talks about and research on why girl doesn't play games like boy do.

Creates games for young girls. This helps them think about what kind of life is out there waiting for them and shows them what they want to become as a teenager.

The article talks about how students can improve their learning through video games. It teaches you all the steps that you wanted to know just like in Sim City it teaches you how you pay your rent and taxes, provide water and power sources, build industrial and residential zones.

show example of different players behind the game. not just mens and it everyone

New(ish) forms of digital music. CHIP music. Made from 8 bit game devices.

This article talks about the increase in usage of the internet, cell phone technology, game tech, wireless by age, internet usage by age, ethnicity, class, year, twitter, and other social networks. This article is very useful for anyone who needs information on how teens today have become the majority of tench users in todays's world. Very interesting

Some people say that gaming doesn't really have a strong social network but I and this website say that it is the most easiest way to do social networking. It is easy to add, delete, and have a nice decent conversation.

In this article they have studies found that individuals tended to engage in role-play games and anit normative behaviors in the online world. They have studies that have examined identity performance in less anonymous online settings such as internet dating sites and reported different findings. The newest study investigates identity construction on facebook.

This journal talks about how kids in kindergarden are already using computers in school. They use the computers for educational games at last twice a week, but at the same time they are gaining skills on how to use a computer.