"These Games are Why Kids Wake Up in the Morning"
As I am grading the Horizon project, I just had to share this quote written from the heart of a teenager. He was discussing Massively Multiplayer Gaming as it relates to governments and says:
While this wiki isn't perhaps one of our highest scoring ones, there are nuggets like this throughout that give us a glimpse into the passion of students and their desire to have safety in all areas where they live.
I think as adults we must:
1) Accept the world has changed
Stop trying to fight it, blame it, hate it, and ignore it. We are in the midst of a fundamental cultural change.
2) Model reasoned, educated action
We must be models of reason -- people who don't jump to conclusions blindly but show students that we can learn new things, and make intelligent decisions about how to civilize and utilize new tools as they come along.
tag: education, hz07, MMPEG, educational gaming, multiplayer gaming, horizon project
"The Governments need to realize that while these games seem like just games to all the politicians, to kids and teenagers and some adults these games are why they wake up in the morning. Identity theft, kids thinking that the games are real, and sexual harassment are the three biggest threats when logging on to any one of these virtual online games. our governments need to find a way to regulate these games because the truth of the matter is that these games are the future and we need a safe future. This is the truth and if we sit back and do nothing about it our future will be dark indeed..."
While this wiki isn't perhaps one of our highest scoring ones, there are nuggets like this throughout that give us a glimpse into the passion of students and their desire to have safety in all areas where they live.
I think as adults we must:
1) Accept the world has changed
Stop trying to fight it, blame it, hate it, and ignore it. We are in the midst of a fundamental cultural change.
2) Model reasoned, educated action
We must be models of reason -- people who don't jump to conclusions blindly but show students that we can learn new things, and make intelligent decisions about how to civilize and utilize new tools as they come along.
tag: education, hz07, MMPEG, educational gaming, multiplayer gaming, horizon project
