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Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds P. Lacasa

Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds By P. Lacasa

Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds by P. Lacasa


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Summary

Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity, promote literacy, and develop reasoning skills.

Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds Summary

Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds: Commercial Video Games as Educational Tools by P. Lacasa

Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity, promote literacy, and develop reasoning skills.

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About P. Lacasa

Author Pilar Lacasa: Pilar Lacasa is Professor of Communication and Education at the University of Alcala, Spain.

Table of Contents

Foreword; Henry Jenkins 1. Learning and Video Games 2. Entertainment and Education Platforms 3. Intelligent Objects 4. Interpreting Their Messages 5. Arguments in Virtual and Real Worlds 6. Learning to Create 7. Art and Video Games 8. Story Telling 9. Virtual Spaces and Avatars 10. New Heroes and Heroines

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NLS9781349457120
9781349457120
1349457124
Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds: Commercial Video Games as Educational Tools by P. Lacasa
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2013-09-20
274
N/A
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