The MacArthur Foundation is putting $1.1 million behind the idea that “normal” literacy is old hat—dynamic “gaming literacy” is the wave of the future.
An NPR report by games journo Heather Chaplin yesterday said that The MacArthur Foundation would be putting the funding towards a brand new middle and high school in New York. The curriculum would be based on videogames.
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Thursday, 28 June 2007
"Gaming Literacy" Wave of the Future?
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