Tech Tools to Support Literacy Teaching and Learning
Tar River Reading Council
January 20, 2011
Dr. Brian C. Housand
East Carolina University
http://brianhousand.com
Video games teach children what computers are beginning to teach adults--that some forms of learning are fast-paced, immensely compelling, and rewarding. The fact that they are enormously demanding of one's time and require new ways of thinking remains a small price to pay (and is perhaps even an advantage) to be vaulted into the future. Not surprisingly, by comparison School strikes many young people as slow, boring, and frankly out of touch.