Monthly Archives: July 2008

Games + Learning + Society Liveblogging 4

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Timothy Burke

I’m at a roundtable panel on World of Warcraft with seven presenters (Bielema, Bielema, Chen, Hay, Kelly, Malone, Steinkuehler.) P. Bielema argues that you could map “real things” onto the Warcraft template to make it educational. E. Bielema is looking … Continue reading →

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Games + Learning + Society Liveblogging 3

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Timothy Burke

I’m at a panel on the use of games to help students in science education. I came in part way through Melissa Gresalfi and Anna Arici’s presentation on two games-based approaches in 6th grade science education based around something called … Continue reading →

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Games + Learning + Society Liveblogging 2

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Timothy Burke

I’m at the second morning panel, this one focused our design, with three presentations from designers and developers. One of the issues that often comes up at games-related conferences and meetings is the supposed divide between academic researchers and developers … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Games + Learning + Society Meeting

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Timothy Burke

I’m here at the Games + Learning + Society conference in Madison. I’ve wanted to come for years to this meeting, as it often involves some people whose work I think is terrific, and it’s always an interesting-looking well-organized meeting … Continue reading →

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If the Juggernaut Ran Into Thor’s Hammer…

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Timothy Burke

[This is my contribution to the Valve symposium on Douglas Wolk, Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean.] ————- What happens when the tide of a media panic recedes? Fans of a particular media form or genre … Continue reading →

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Unpublish and Perish

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Timothy Burke

Just to join in the frenzy, I’ll stake out my position on BoingBoing’s “unpublishing” of some of their posts. Like many others commenting on the action, I think it’s a bad idea in general, and specifically the kind of bad … Continue reading →

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Political Notes

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Timothy Burke

Political miscellany. I know I’m almost obsessive about this point, but I keep flashing back to Mark Bowden’s willingness to be a front man for security functionaries eager to normalize torture. Bowden’s article assured readers that “harsh interrogation” had reached … Continue reading →

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A Test for Poor Richard?

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Timothy Burke

[cross-posted at Cliopatria] For the past year, there’s been discussion of creating a licensing system for tour guides in the historic district of Philadephia. Now the city has taken that step. Starting this fall, authorized tour guides will need to … Continue reading →

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