Gaming Guest-speaker in Kist's Class

☢Today in Dr. Kist's class guest speaker , Evan Schwab, talked to us about gaming.  During his presentation, Evan made many references to Literature and reading relating to gaming.  I am not a gamer and I even think watching gaming is boring, but I never thought about relating gaming to literature.  Because I am a female, I can relate a lot to my female students because we may share similar interests, but relating to my male students may be more difficult.  I think being able to stretch myself and learn about things my male students like will help me reach them with learning English. 

☢ After seeing the presentation, I never realized how many different elements were involved with gaming. There are many genres, many game machines, and different perspectives. I liked to see the different trailers Evan showed the class because I was not familiar with most of the games. It was neat to see different games that have been turned into movies.  I really want to see Silent Hill after seeing the presentation.  I think this would be a good way to show students that video games can mean more than a video game, but can be turned into multi modalities.  

☢ One aspect I think would be helpful in classrooms is with the movies and books that have been turned into a game.  Students can see a book or movie come to life, just like a movie, but they can become the character.  This could help teach different perspectives and plots when discussing a novel. I think the PSP reader was amazing. It brought 3-D images to life and allowed students to use a new technology to help them learn.

☢ Out of all the games I have played, I had the original Nintendo growing up. I also played with SuperNintendo so it is neat to see how far gaming has come.  To see images that look so real is unbelievable. I believe this is one aspect that draws people into the newer gaming,