TLTC Distinguished Lecture Series Welcomes Jim P. Gee Feb. 6, 4pm, MEZ 0.306

Dr. Jim P. Gee, of Arizona State University, will speak on "Learning, Games, and Language" on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm at Mezes 0.306.

Professor Gee's most recent books deal with video games, language, and learning. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2003, Second Edition 2007) argues that good video games are designed to enhance learning through effective learning principles supported by research in the Learning Sciences. Situated Language and Learning (2004) places video games within an overall theory of learning and literacy and shows how they can help us in thinking about the reform of schools. His most recent book is Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays (2007). Professor Gee has published widely in journals in linguistics, psychology, the social sciences, and education.

This free public lecture should appeal to many in the College of Education. The Texas Language Technology Center's Distinguished Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Learning Technology Center and the Foreign Language Education Program.

—Laurie Caldwell, LTC Communications Coordinator

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• Texas Language Technology Center
• Dr. Jim P. Gee