Thanks To Educational Games Research

While I plan my next blog post, I wanted to formally express my gratitute to popular educational games blogger John Rice for his entry of October 10th that promoted this blog.  In the early days of my research of the games and learning niche, a number of thought leaders told me about John and his very thought-provoking blog.  To the best of my knowledge, John has one of the most well-known blogs in the ed tech sector, and he continually raises the questions that many are afraid to ask, or even respond to.

I do not make it a regular habit of carving out time to comment on other blogs, but I do read them regularly.  Video game addiction is one of those "Pandora's Box" questions that has unfairly mischaracterized video games due to the 80/20 rule.  The 20% (in this case far less than that) are overshadowing the value of the remaining 80%.  So I felt compelled to add my perspective and as a result, John and I have found some areas of common interest, and I look forward to cultivating this new relationship over the coming months (and years).

John's blog is certainly one to review if you are an educator, parent, student, or just someone who believes that games can be effectively used in the 21st century learning environment.