Gaming in the Post-Information School - Christopher Piehler, THE Journal

With a nearly ubiquitous Internet beaming all the world’s knowledge to an expanding universe of mobile devices, the ability to learn and retain information is becoming a smaller and smaller piece of the educational pie. Why waste time memorizing facts when your phone can remember them as quickly as your brain can? In this post-information age, forward-thinking schools are already looking beyond drill and kill to focus on 21st century skills (such as communication and collaboration) and higher-order thinking, which includes analyzing and evaluating. And if I’m being honest, a great way to teach all of those things is through playing games. http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/10/22/gaming-in-the-post-information-school.aspx