Does the Internet change along with the norms?

I feel like this is pretty accurate regarding today's problem with younger generations needing to be encouraged to vote. A lot of people old enough now to contribute to voting no longer have a want to do so, or may be uneducated in terms of you is running for candidate positions.

So: -#1 = "Can I try?" (intrigue/interest) -#2 = "Can I save?" (investment in the game) -#3 = "Reflection/Interpretation

I agree that this is changing, and more realistic views on the female persona in video games are coming to light. Time will tell if the change actually comes about.

Maybe its important to, instead of mindlessly consuming the content on the screen, it may be more beneficial for the user to glean learning principles from it.

And I think your prediction is true today. Video games now a days (depending on the game) have balanced this out more.

https://www.headstuff.org/topical/female-representation-in-video-games-history/

https://videogames.procon.org/

"the presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society."

Good idea! If only the generation gap would pause for a moment and allow both generations to learn from one another.

This is very forward thinking of Gee. This book was published in '03, meaning before VR and today's technology.

So we can LEARN!

So politics does have a lot to do with it?

This is interesting to consider. I always knew humans were pattern/routine seekers but I didn't know we rely on them in even logistic or abstract principles. How does this effect our thinking?

Is it because people who study New Literacy are more attune to what is happening around them?

Why might this be? Because psychological theories have been inaccurate in the past?

Very fitting considering the idea of "new literacies" present in today's society, I'm glad people have devoted their time to trying to understand this concept.

This is a good concept to touch on in this book. I think it is extremely important to situate people's learning/study in the world itself. In an ever-changing and advancing society, a lot of social/cultural/economical factors go into each person's cognition abilities.

Damn thats a lot of principles!

Because we've only been exposed to the same type of learning for years on end? Yes I think so.

Does legislation have anything to do with this shift? Or is it more of a greater societal shift?

"the study of thought, learning, and mental organization, which draws on aspects of psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and computer modeling."

Vocab! (#INTE2500)

Oooo! Interesting connection between thought and economics! Capitalism driving learning is a good theme to explore. Does it help or hinder learning when compared to economic systems such as Socialism?

Are companies these days more concerned with money or providing players with good experiences?

Isn't this the state of all engaging new learning?

I think this is an important point that Gee makes here. It is interesting to see the difference in "ways/types" of thinking over generational gaps. He's right though, us Millennials and after understand video games because we were kinda born into them. Older generations may struggle to connect because they have a larger learning curve to tackle.

Do video games have to be difficult in order to learn from them?

hmmmmm...

There's that connection to technology I was waiting for.

This is an interesting concept, especially since sometimes we do it without knowing. Like if I think about a concept on my own, I will have different ideas than if I were to talk within a group and take a different perspective. Thus, do we eventually learn more and get more out of ideas or texts when we approach them in this way?

Definitely this is something schools are missing out on/lacking these days. I agree that the standardized tests mentality is one schools seem to be stuck on. How could we implement new processes in education that help foster more "active inquiry" and critical thinking on a deeper level?

"the study of the relationships between linguistic behavior and psychological processes, including the process of language acquisition"

This connects greatly to the theory that whenever we learn new information we tend to inject it into anything we create. For example, sometimes authors writing a novel will subconsciously put in ideas or writing styles that they have seen in the past. I do this sometimes when I create films without even realizing. Thus what i think to be my "private thoughts" aren't really such.

Dang this is accurate. We live in such a society today thats driven by how people "read" the world around them, especially in regards to things like the #MeToo Movement and police incidents.

Musical literacy is a convoluted idea. I think that the debate about it being a literacy lies in the emotional connection one feels in relation to music. It does take a type of literacy to be able to read musical notes and turn them into a beat, but is there a literacy in regards to how humans emotionally connect with music like Kendrick's?

This is definitely a form of literacy! In regards to the world around us, its important to be literate in terms of news and world events. Without this type of literacy and thus comprehension, people like Kendrick couldn't analyze world events and then provide social commentary on them through his music.