Re: Econ as a video game

Marvin Prensky has been arguing for several years that students today are
fundamentally different and we must adjust our teaching accordingly, make
it fast paced, interactive, in effect game-like. For a shorter article by
him on this, see (he also has books on the subject):

http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf

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Kim Sosin <ksosin_at_mail.unomaha.edu>
Professor Emeritus, Dept of Economics http://cba.unomaha.edu/econ/econ.htm
Associate, Center for Economic Education http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu
University of Nebraska Omaha
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Robert Schenk <bobs_at_saintjoe.edu> 
10/20/2006 11:55 AM
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Econ as a video game
marginalrevolution.com had a link to the following today:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6342324
It describes a course at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro 
taught as a video game. It sounds intriguing. What do you think--is this 
the future that will make all of us obsolete?
R Schenk
Saint Joseph's College Indiana