I was made aware of Starbound about 6-8 months ago thanks to my brother in law. I played hours of Terraria with him and now we are eagerly awaiting this game's release. One of my goals in gaming is my desire to examine games for educational possibilities. I am a teacher, a Reading Specialist. I love games as much as I love teaching(often more). I believe that our educational system is falling short of our kids' needs, and the answer can be found in multimedia, particularly gaming. To be clear, not all games have educational potential. Some are simply fun. Starbound, I believe, is both.
I love them in the sense that you would like one of your best friends...As for a...sexual way, it depends on the teacher. Most of my school teachers are 20-40 year olds, and they're hot(except one or two) But I'll never get a chance for that anyway...You look nervous...Am I making you...uncomfortable?
While I can't confirm or deny that I'm a teacher, I can say that I completely agree that we our failing out students. The standardized system we subject our students to was designed by people who have never never taught. We are so focused on getting the scores up for English, Math, and Science, that we frequently deny our students of subjects like Art and Music, which can help improve critical thinking and problem solving abilities, while improving their understanding in the core subjects. At the rate we are currently going, how can we expect the next generation to solve the problems we've created? Rant over. Welcome to the forums! Also, video games like Starbound should be incorporated into classroom curricula.
Games could be considered many different categories of learning, And most games can definitely be considered Art *there are games that we wouldn't call art to tho....that or there to unplayable to learn anything aside from rage* Also Welcome!
Thank you all for the warm welcome. I'm looking forward to questing through the cosmos in the (hopefully) not-to-distant future.
