Category: Week 5
Week 5 Post: "Chocolate Covered Broccoli"
by ccolgan on February 1, 2016 10:02 pm
Brenda Laurel coined the term “chocolate covered broccoli” in her 2001 book, Utopian Entrepreneur. It’s a phrase that gets thrown around so much in educational research that it’s starting to lose its meaning. But I really thought it was the perfect term for Granic, Lobel, and Engels’ approach to exploring the possibilities for serious health… Read more Week 5 Post: "Chocolate Covered Broccoli"
Week 5 Post - For whom and In What Context
by heylisa on February 1, 2016 1:41 pm
What is most interesting about the Squire reading was the line: “As videogames mature as a medium, the question becomes not whether they will be used for learning but for whom and in what contexts” (p. 27). The ‘for whom’ part raises a lot of questions around equity. Who will have access to the latest and greatest game… Read more Week 5 Post - For whom and In What Context
