Miyamoto Focusing on Getting DS into Schools
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I have a feeling this is an unconscious act of self-redemption after murdering their franchises with the moneymilker virus.
Oh yay, Nintendo are going to take over the woooooorrrrrrllllddd.
If they merge with Google, we're fucked.
If they merge with Google, we're fucked.
Microsoft has already beat Nintendo, certain schools already use them, and Microsoft even has Surface in elementary classes, hell before I left high school one of my class rooms started using a Xbox 360, granted that class was Game Design.Outlaw Torn said:
I think this could work. a DS could basically be a mini-laptop with the right programming. you really don't need a keyboard with the touchscreen doing it's thing.
the DS is probably my favorite system that nintendo has ever put out. it's an amazingly fun little device, and if it can really help people learn, it could happen.
though i agree with a lot of people in this thread...who the hell doesn't own a ds yet? i'm currently using my third one.
the DS is probably my favorite system that nintendo has ever put out. it's an amazingly fun little device, and if it can really help people learn, it could happen.
though i agree with a lot of people in this thread...who the hell doesn't own a ds yet? i'm currently using my third one.
I think that bridging the gap between school and gaming could encourage more kids to learn more efficiently.
Maybe he doesn't realize that a lot of schools don't allow electronics. When I was high school they'd take ANYTHING you had, CD players, cell phones, gameboys. Hell I was in art class where my hippie teacher was blasting some terrible music and he was drawing.
I decided, no talking going on, everyone else is doing it, so I broke out my Minidisc player and the principal ran in and tried to take it. I wasn't about to let him take the expensive as hell device but christ man, maybe it was just my school but they were bastards.
I decided, no talking going on, everyone else is doing it, so I broke out my Minidisc player and the principal ran in and tried to take it. I wasn't about to let him take the expensive as hell device but christ man, maybe it was just my school but they were bastards.
It's not hard to see that certain games can teach, Nintendo doing this will both do that AND get them money.
Now, on the computer/paper, that sounds like an awesome Idea, but then, actually getting DS'S to be a part of school learning? It sounds like....a longshot. It could work, but then, the chances it will fail are somewhat up there, A DS can work where you aren't completely forced to go from point to point, shut up and listen to an anonymous man/woman all day. I mean, you know, in schools.....So, good luck with that Nintendo!
Now, on the computer/paper, that sounds like an awesome Idea, but then, actually getting DS'S to be a part of school learning? It sounds like....a longshot. It could work, but then, the chances it will fail are somewhat up there, A DS can work where you aren't completely forced to go from point to point, shut up and listen to an anonymous man/woman all day. I mean, you know, in schools.....So, good luck with that Nintendo!