Video Games and 21st Century Learning

A lecture by James Paul Gee

Thursday, April 2nd, 5:30pm

Sanders Auditorium

James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University and is a member of the National Academy of Education. His books include: Sociolinguistics and Literacies, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy and Good Video Games, and Good Learning: Collected Essays. Professor Gee has published widely in journals in linguistics, psychology, the social sciences and education.

Sponsored by the Media Studies Program, Computer Science Department, Science Technology and Society Program, Anthropology Department, Cognitive Science Program, Education Department, and the Office of the Dean of Faculty.

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