Why Video Games Are Good For You

Why Video Games are Good for You! Tim Hart University of Maine Fall 2008

Who am I? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gamer? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Top Ten Gamer Facts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why do we play games? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What do all these people have in common? Image courteous of Scott Lewis

They are all in the “Zone” Image courtesy of Scott Lewis

Challenges for Game Designers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Challenges for Teachers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

They are the same! Game Designer = Teacher

The Goals of Games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Layered goals of Ping Pong ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Layered goals of Reading ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Layered goals of Donkey Kong ? ?

The Ratings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

MPAA Ratings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

ERSB Ratings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

ERSB Ratings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Space Invaders ,[object Object],1978 Headlines from the past:

Students at Risk Kids who don’t play video games are at risk! They get in trouble more often! Lawrence Kutner, PhD, and his wife Cheryl K. Olson, ScD

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Fact ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Graph created by Tim Hart at crappygraphs.com

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Myth #3 ,[object Object],[object Object]

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So Basically... ,[object Object],~ Lawrence Kutner

So Video Games don’t hurt you... ...but do they help you?

How? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

21st Century Skills ,[object Object]

For the Doctors ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why the worry? ,[object Object],~Dr. Cheryl Olson,author of Grand Theft Childhood

Multitasking ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Rules ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Risk Taking ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

On Digital Immigrants ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Games teach strategy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gamers are good at business ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is Reshaping Business Forever

Gamers are good at business ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is Reshaping Business Forever

10 year old gamers learned. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Steps to get adults on board ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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