Growing up in the digital age has given me a certain appreciation for games. I can’t recall how many times when I was in High School that I’d be in class daydreaming about going home and playing games all afternoon.

From the previously linked article comes this quotation:

She’s come up with four elements she believes we all need to be happy: satisfying work, the experience of being good at something, time spent with people we like, and the chance to be a part of something bigger. Games, she says, do all of these things.

I completely agree. Games are amazing because you learn through trial-and-error, so there’s no real punishment for being bad at the game. You just reload and try again. Yet as you gain experience you can really feel it. You also get to be something bigger than your body. I’ve built a countless number of rollercoaster’s playing RollerCoaster Tycoon and learned how to run a city in Sim City/a>. It’s a natural extension of my creative nature.

I’m interested in how games can improve learning. I’m more interested in actually developing a game that teaches the fundamentals of web design. It would be a lot of hard work, but if it gets the students to happily learn the basics, then they suddenly have the skills to feel confident in building more complicated websites.

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But the cool part is, if you stick with it, you do end up saving the world, and you have fun doing it, despite the flying mantrays.

I think becoming a teacher is a lot like this. You start off with an idea; “I want to make a difference.” With that thought, you begin down the path of becoming a hero. The monsters don’t take long to show up. And for every one you slay, three more appear.

But so be it, you want to be a hero.

So here I am, ready to make a difference, even if I need to fight a few monsters along the way.

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