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The Minecraft Generation (Published 2016)
When kids play videogames, they practice teaching themselves – how to win – in the process they pick up new skills. Videogames teach problem solving.
Ana Lorena Fabrega • Chrisman Frank and Ana Lorena Fabrega: How Childhood Education Will Change
We live in an era where a motivated 12-year-old can learn the basics of timber framing, semiconductor design, or how to bake bread that would rival world-class bakeries. They can master nearly any mechanical system or any number of programming or artistic vocations, even if no mentor lives nearby. The limit is no longer some teacher or institution
... See moreSimon Sarris • School Is Not Enough
the over two billion people who play video games regularly are primed for this kind of shift in education, especially younger generations, who grow up spending nearly as many hours playing video games as they do in a formal classroom.
Jane McGonigal • Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
Today’s generation of children express themselves, often learn, and constantly socialize through virtual worlds they can touch, change, and collaborate in. That’s not going to stop. Rather, the capabilities of these virtual worlds will expand, their ease of use will improve, and their significance will grow. What’s more, the ‘iPad Native’ generatio... See more
Matthew Ball • Evolving User + Business Behaviors and the Metaverse — MatthewBall.co
Today, modding is mainstream in gaming on PCs, where the platforms tend to be more open than they are on consoles and mobile phones. The popular PC game store Steam has hundreds of millions of pieces of user-generated game mods and components. It’s not uncommon for hit games to begin as mods of other games, including League of Legends (an adaptatio
... See moreChris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
As a society, education is moving away from books and lectures and toward software and games