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I don't feel equipped to sufficiently articulate the concept of 'fail'... the interesting thing to me is that, regardless of what some kids think about 'not winning' at computer games, they keep going back.
That's not always the case with 'classes' (school, swimming, music). When children (or adults for that matter) feel a 'failure' it's often simply too traumatic to go back and try again.
So, you're right to say we need to change the perception of what failure means although in video games I would argue that taking away failure means there's no winning either.
I love that my kids collaborate so well on something like MineCraft and the Lego games... but they still retain that competitive edge. We have Toy Story III on the PS3 and it's a great mix of competition and collaboration.
The great thing though is that they can teach me. They are my Minecraft wiki - they explore the new features that I ignore ("...have you not updated yet dad?!") and show me how great they are.
Great post though Derek :)
How computer games can help us learn why kids don't fail
Minecraft mania! Dressed as a Creeper for Halloween. During the middle of last week I found myself in a Twitter discussion about the word failure. When speaking about the development and evolution of the use of tablet devices by teachers in his school one of my Twitter contacts commented tha...
Like you I found the book interesting although such is the size of it on first viewing I wondered if he'd simply chosen to collate every story ever written rather than write about them..!
However, having used it as a reference book for the last few months this is an excellent overview and time saver..! I am much indebted! :)
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The Seven Basic Plots
I recently finished chunking through Christopher Booker’s The Seven Basic Plots (subtitled, ‘Why we tell stories’). It would be not entirely accurate to say I read the whole thing, all 705 large pages, each with very small print - I skimmed over large sections of it, which is easy to do as it co...
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