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This article is about a veteran teacher who has taught in schools for 32 years all over Manhattan. He introduces a class in technology and game design. SARA CORBETT talkes about how students would benifit if teachers stepped away from what they thought was a typical classroom and focused on different approaches to reach and educate children. According to Sara Corbett, "Quest to Learn is organized specifically around the idea that digital games are central to the lives of today's children and also increasingly, as their speed and capability grow, powerful tools for intellectual exploration".

This article presents an interview with Kurt Squire, assistant professor in educational communications and technology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The interview was built on Squire's presentations on the relationship between digital games and education. Squire discussed about the issues in the games research community and the benefits of gaming for learning