February 5, 2010
Axe cop isn’t a game, but it’s exactly the kind of parent (or brother in this case)/child relationship we are trying to promote with A Gamer’s Education. Ethan Nicolle draws the comic ‘Axe Cop’ based off his little brothers (Malachai Nicolle) stories. It captures the mind of a 5 year old and puts it on paper. I am guessing it has created an amazing relationship between the two of them as well. From Axe Cop’s ABOUT page…
“The AXE COP saga began on a Christmas visit to see my family. My Father, a man with very healthy loins, has managed to produce a variety of children, ranging from me, a 29 year old comic book artist, to my 5 year old brother Malachai, a 5 year old boy genius, with four other siblings in between. During the visit Malchai was running around with his toy fireman axe and he said he was playing “Axe Cop.” He asked me to play with him, and I asked what my weapon was… so he brought me a toy flute (actually a recorder). I told him I would rather be Axe Cop then Flute Cop, and he seemed just fine with being Flute Cop. The story that followed became more and more brilliant, until I couldn’t contain myself and I had to draw the whole thing into a one page comic.” Read more…
A great video of their creative writing process.
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January 20, 2010
Upcoming Show: 1/20/2010 2:00 PM
Dr. Ray Perez, program officer with the Office of Naval Research, will discuss how video games can impact adult “fluid intelligence,” the fundamental ability to reason and solve problems
in novel contexts. When people think of the U.S. Navy, they may visualize ships, planes, and other military hardware — not necessarily neuroscience or cognitive research. Scientists studying brain function point to a growing body of research suggesting that the brain continues to learn and improve cognitive function with age. Dr. Perez, who is contributing to a growing body of research on how the brain functions, will discuss the Navy’s interest in “brain plasticity” and “fluid intelligence” and how today’s neuroscientific research may literally change the way we think 10 years from now.
Listen here.
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December 2, 2009
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October 15, 2009
The promise of technology and change, so far, has fallen short at Philadelphia’s School of the Future.
By Kathleen Kennedy Manzo
As it was conceived, the School of the Future was to be a study in contrast to the typical big-city high school.When the $62 million facility opened in 2006 with a relatively small student population, a computer-based curriculum delivered with the latest technology tools, and a unique partnership with corporate giant Microsoft, it set out to upend a secondary school model that had changed little since the industrial era and had spelled failure for too many students here and in cities around the country.
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October 15, 2009
Video games are changing our relationship with music for the better
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Winda Benedetti
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My singing voice is so bad, I don’t even sing in the shower. And although I took years of piano lessons as a child, and though my parents and teachers insisted that I was at least somewhat musically inclined at the time, I can’t seem to remember how to plink out anything more challenging than “Heart and Soul” these days.
Despite my general lack of musical aptitude, I love music. I love listening to it. I love dancing to it. I love watching other people performing it. And as I watch others up there on stage, I occasionally fantasize about the rock star life I could have lived … if only I’d learned to sing … or maybe stuck with those piano lessons. Read more.
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