Comments on: Marc Prensky in Adelaide Seminar Pt 2 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/05/marc-prensky-in-adelaide-seminar-pt-2/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott Bulfin http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/05/marc-prensky-in-adelaide-seminar-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Scott Bulfin Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:54:50 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/05/marc-prensky-in-adelaide-seminar-pt-2/#comment-132 Well, all your luck in being there - here in Melb, the gig filled up in about 3 seconds, leaving the rest of us to read all the blogs! Arhh, whatever, I'm going to play <em>Fable</em>. Well, all your luck in being there – here in Melb, the gig filled up in about 3 seconds, leaving the rest of us to read all the blogs! Arhh, whatever, I’m going to play Fable.

]]> By: Bill Kerr http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/05/marc-prensky-in-adelaide-seminar-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Bill Kerr Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:28:15 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/03/05/marc-prensky-in-adelaide-seminar-pt-2/#comment-116 I don't think prensky would draw such a crowd if his talk was marketed along the lines of "engagement in education" rather than "games and education" Games are a newer solution to the older problem of engagement, even though I agree that engagement is becoming a bigger problem for teachers. Everyone is intrigued with games and trying to figure them out including baby boomers such as myself. This little twist in Prensky's presentation is interesting - he ended up talking just as much about the two way web as games to the adults - but when he talks to students he focuses more on games. Clever, he's really adapting his talk to his audience! I don’t think prensky would draw such a crowd if his talk was marketed along the lines of “engagement in education” rather than “games and education”

Games are a newer solution to the older problem of engagement, even though I agree that engagement is becoming a bigger problem for teachers. Everyone is intrigued with games and trying to figure them out including baby boomers such as myself.

This little twist in Prensky’s presentation is interesting – he ended up talking just as much about the two way web as games to the adults – but when he talks to students he focuses more on games. Clever, he’s really adapting his talk to his audience!

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