Comments on: CCCC08 A25: Virtual Realities http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/04/06/cccc08-a25-reading-and-writing-virtual-realities/ faults | sins | abuses Fri, 16 May 2008 13:27:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Michelle http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/04/06/cccc08-a25-reading-and-writing-virtual-realities/#comment-130492 Michelle Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:36:48 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/04/06/cccc08-a25-reading-and-writing-virtual-realities/#comment-130492 I'm not a gaming scholar or proponent, but I am a mother of gamers, and I read this entry with great interest. I believe in reaching students on a practical level. I couldn't pull this off in my classroom because I don't have the game savvy to do so, but I fully support it as a means to the end, and I think some of the tactics employed are really innovative and worth considering. I’m not a gaming scholar or proponent, but I am a mother of gamers, and I read this entry with great interest. I believe in reaching students on a practical level. I couldn’t pull this off in my classroom because I don’t have the game savvy to do so, but I fully support it as a means to the end, and I think some of the tactics employed are really innovative and worth considering.

]]> By: joanna http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/04/06/cccc08-a25-reading-and-writing-virtual-realities/#comment-130477 joanna Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:15 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2008/04/06/cccc08-a25-reading-and-writing-virtual-realities/#comment-130477 I would have to say that games and writing share the same concerns of knowing the audience and how to deploy one's talents to bring about some end. I wouldn't say that it's the only way to teach writing, but it seems like a decent coupling of an activity some students may already enjoy with a practice that they are learning about. In that regard, it doesn't really seem that different from playing a foreign language tag, or having a spelling bee. Just a whole lot more technical. Good to see you the other day, and I wish that your panel had been given a prime-time slot. Too much important stuff was being discussed. I would have to say that games and writing share the same concerns of knowing the audience and how to deploy one’s talents to bring about some end. I wouldn’t say that it’s the only way to teach writing, but it seems like a decent coupling of an activity some students may already enjoy with a practice that they are learning about. In that regard, it doesn’t really seem that different from playing a foreign language tag, or having a spelling bee. Just a whole lot more technical.

Good to see you the other day, and I wish that your panel had been given a prime-time slot. Too much important stuff was being discussed.

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