Carla Faulkner

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ch. 1 Gee Book

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

This intro was pretty interesting.  I like how he talked about himself and found his inner gamer.   I found it ironic that he compared games to Darwinism.  The strongest game will survive.  I guess that is why most of the educational games do not survive.  Kids and adults like action and the game must be [...]

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Techno problems

August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Maybe someone could give me a piece of advice about my crappy computer.  I have been trying to play games on my computer and some games cause the screen to go haywire making me restart my computer each time.  I have a few games that are actually educational but I can’t play them but for [...]

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Guitar Hero

August 24th, 2008 · No Comments

I have been exposed to the wonderful world of guitar hero and the drum version.  All I can say is that those who have good eye hand coordination will do well.  I performed miserably.  Ican see where people can stay and play for hours.  As far as educational, I am not too sure about that.  [...]

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Gaming the Wii

August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

All I can say is… Fun, Fun.  This was my first exposure to the Wii and after I got used to the controller it was pretty life like and fun.  I play Tiger Woods Golf.  I had to work on my swing (like in real life).  As a PE teacher, this is one game that [...]

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