About Stuart G. Hall

Making a positive difference one day at a time. #London #Leicester

European Union gives thumbs up to videogaming for kids

Following are some choice quotes that you probably wouldn’t hear in
the US Congress, where videogames are often a convenient whipping boy to
curry favor with soccer moms.

According to the European Union’s parliament: “Video games can stimulate learning of facts and skills such as strategic thinking, creativity, cooperation and innovative thinking, which are important skills in the information society.” (Hat tip to e-mint post)

To go boldly

Enjoyed Euan Semple’s post on the clash of cultures between IT and web 2.0 from Vegas.

Mechanic/organic’ is my current classification of this debate. It’s not a million miles from a v. short paper I wrote back in 2000; my comment below…

There’s the hidden subtle cultural differences between traditional IT mindset (to simplify call it ‘mechanical’) and web 2.0 idealists (‘organic’) not to mention the cultural issues of any E2.0 implementation behind the firewall. That’s quite a challenge!