I will get this book, but I will highly critical based on my research and my direct knowledge of the power of gaming for learning. The Pentagon has spent billions and understands its power because they are currently fighting a real cyberwar with rogue nations and domestic hackers. Chris -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Casey O'Donnell Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:12 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Dumbest Generation? Huh... I thought it was Nintendo and videogames that did that... ;) Sheff, David. 1993. Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children. New York, NY: Random House Inc. Best. Casey On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Katy E. Pearce <kpearce@umail.ucsb.edu> wrote:
Mark Bauerlein's new book, The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age
Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future and its critics... great debate on Metafilter, with links to MSM stories/review on the book: http://www.metafilter.com/71648/Now-Get-Off-of-My-Lawn
-- Casey O'Donnell PhD - RPI STS Department http://homepage.mac.com/codonnell/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/