Educational Video Game Design

The elements of effective video game design range from the basics of how easy the game is to play to the graphics. These elements have to be arranged perfectly for each video because each game is directed to a different group of people. If a game is made for an age group that is elementary school aged children it would not have the same difficulty as the games that is created for teenage players.
(Elements: easy to play, addictive, length of game, challenge, confusing, difficulty, illogical, adventure, strategy, rules, goals, narrative context, etc. )
The learning outcome associated with effective video game design is that the person will learn more. I think that this is due to the fact that the person is enjoying what they are doing and do not realize that they are learning the information at the same time they are playing.
Video game adoption and playing is not effected by gender but instead is effected by the person familiarity with the software.

Clay Shirky on New Book "Here Comes Everybody"

The internet has now allowed us to keep in contact with a larger group of people a lot easier than ever before. The internet has also allowed us to gin access to lots of information a lot with less hassle. This is important because it will allow me, or any educator, to be able to keep in contact with their students without a lot of problems and having to depend on actually always seeing their students. Teacher will be able to relay information to students,parents and colleagues without having to personally set up appointments or phone conversations. This will allow them to be able to have more time to focus on other aspects of their career and to also be able to interact with a large group of people quickly.

Visual Literacy LL7

Visual literacy is important because it is necessary for people to understand what symbols mean and how they are used to explain certain concepts. I do not think that visual literacy should be the focus of education because it does not encompass everything that a person needs to know when they are learning. They can not learn what a word means, how to use it in a sentence, or how to spell it simply through a picture/ visual. I feel that to an extent there is a double standard as to how men are represented. Women are supposed to always be flawless when they are portrayed and look beautiful, whereas men can have flaws and do not need to be perfect. In viewing the clip about Sarah Palin, it became clear that even political figure were no exception. I think that it should not matter and everyone should know what people really look like because visual literacy in the media helps to reinforce a lot of the negative aspects of the culture in children that leads to eating disorders, underage drug abuse and and other various activities.