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  Article : Helsel, S. (1992). Virtual Reality and Education.  Educational Technology ,  32 (5), 38–42. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44425644 Related source  This article is a qualitative source. Within this article "Virtual Reality and Education" by Sandra Helsel,  Helsel starts discussing  the growth interest in using virtual reality (VR) in education. Educators are excited about its potential for enhancing learning, as VR can provide immersive, interactive experiences for students. However, the article emphasizes that while public media often hype VR, significant technological and research challenges remain. She also discusses what vr is and how it can help within the education community.       This article relates to the reading reactions because it discusses how in education there should be many ways to teach and learn. The articles gave another way to learn which is virtual reality.Educators are excited about its potential for enhan...

  Article :  Annetta, L. A. (2008). Video Games in Education: Why They Should Be Used and How They Are Being Used.  Theory Into Practice ,  47 (3), 229–239. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40071547 Related Source       This source is a mixed methods because it uses both qualitative and quantitive within it. this article try to explain why this generation uses video games or games in general within education. The simple answer to that was to keep up with the today. Everything is evolving so why not evolve the way we teach and learn. The article gives plenty of examples trying to explain it using real life scenarios. The Author discusses the potential of video games to revolutionize education by enhancing learning and engagement.        This article relates to the reading reactions because it discusses how games are in education and how it should evolve with its students and the generation. This article describes how they are being u...

     Within the class reading the book " Situated Language and Learning"  by  James Paul Gee goes to  discuss how language plays a crucial role in learning and how it is deeply connected to social practices and contexts. Gee proceeds to present a framework for understanding language not just as a tool for communication, but as something inherently tied to identity, culture, and the way we interact with the world. There was one chapter that stood out to me because I felt that I can relate to it in a personal way. The chapter that I focused my attention towards and found most of my information insightful would be chapter  5 learning and gaming and what a coincidence that this is the topic of the week but this chapter really resonated with me because I can relate to it and I can visualize others who also used gaming as a tool. The chapter talks about how games are a great way to help learn. games are challenging and complex as is school therefore the...

     This week’s reading reactions were actually very interesting as they involve learning and games together which is something a lot of people will believe that it’s impossible to learn information while playing a game. I can tell you it is very possible learning from games because its enticing. Students will want to learn with a similar way they spend their free time doing. They are familiar with the concepts.        I feel that learning and having fun is a great way to absorb information and it stay with you and not just going in one ear and out the other. Gaming is the future and the present because just about every kid and majority of adults play games for their free time.  It's a fun and creative way to spread knowledge. It shows to be very useful from experience.  This is key to education and a way to connect to the younger generation. I sat there and thought to myself and said why don't we use this as a tool instead of frown upo...

       This week's readings really opened my eyes as I didn't realize how much I used hypertext in the past in school and everyday life. I find hypertext to be a great tool for students to use especially for projects needing a lot of information and external sources. This is a way to learn about certain things within an article that can help them discover a deeper meaning of anything. Using hyper links can help expand our thinking and create a useful tool for all.       The question asked in my head a lot was why are these hypertexts important and useful to us now and here is what I found to wander that question, Hypertexts allow us to access information easier swell as find different sources needed without the manual labor of going and searching of them. Hypertexts also  make it a lot easier to organize large amounts of information like  Websites, blogs, and digital encyclopedias which rely on these hypertext to categorize and connect i...

 Related Article : Katz, S. R. (1996). Current Uses of Hypertext in Teaching Literature.  Computers and the Humanities ,  30 (2), 139–148. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30200380 Qualitative Source       This article is a qualitative source. The article goes on to explore how these literature instructors are evolving their teaching strategies and growing how students can learn and use different resources. The teachers within the article start to use hypertext within their teaching. There are different ways the article states how the teachers are doing this for example they are evolving there teaching ways by, putting course materials online, creating online tutorials, using different annotated hypertexts instead of certain print texts and teaching students how to create and understand thesis hypertexts. Not to get into too much detail but from the included link from the article it explains how each of these strategies are done in detail.  This source...