Complexities of Gaming Cultures: Adolescent gamers adapting and transforming learning [Abstracts]
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Games & Learning We are well aware that video games are ca using educators to take a second l ook at t he e ducational value o f games, technology, and the social interactions involved (de Castell & Jenson, 2004; Gee, 2 003; Shaffer, Squire, Halverson, & Gee, 2005) but what does that learning look like, how does that l earning o r way of knowing happen, and what do the gamers h ave to say abou t th eir learning? Wh at are the implications f or t hese gamers an d for e ducation sy stems when we begin to value the powerful l earning involved in video gaming cultures?
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