Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Horizon Report 2012


I found the following snippet in the 2012 Horizon Report...

 ...[Judy Willis] equates the success of game-based learning with the release of dopamine, a pysiological response to a prosperous choice or action, and outlines the phases of this natural learning process.(Judy Willis, Edutopia, 14 April 2011)

So what are we waiting for... Drug induced super learning complements of your own brain. I am suprised that Microsoft and the Xbox partners have not tried to capitilize on this given the success of the gesture based Kinect add on.

I imagine that there are several limitations for schools to quickly adopt these technologies given the obvious existing financial constraints. Some have begun to issue tablet PCs and we'll see how that plays out over time. They are obviously more prone to damage than desktops due to the portability and form factor. But what about usability? Will limitations on screensize be a problem? I am curious on the communities thoughts regarding what is slowing and will continue to slow adoption...

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