The Wii As a Platform for Learning
Monday, January 28th, 2008By the pure luck of being at the right place at the right time, my family now owns a Wii. Although my past is filled with hours at a computer playing Wolfenstein 3D, playing Doom, and crashing Lear jets using various flight simulators, the Wii is my introduction to game consoles.
My right shoulder is still […]
Computer Games for Grown Ups (Part 1)
Friday, December 21st, 2007Movies aimed at children changed significantly about 15 years ago. Film studios realized that little kids didn’t go to movies on their own. They were there with their parents, who paid for their tickets and obscenely overpriced candy, popcorn, and soft drinks.
Some smart movie producer realized that parents would be more likely to bring their […]
Instructional Games to Teach Computers
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007The current issue of Wired magazine contains a story that provides an interesting twist on using games for learning. Luis von Ahn is a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon. Rather than developing instructional games to help people learn, he designs games that are played by people to teach computers.
Computers are great at crunching […]
