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= = WEEK 5 I really enjoyed the week 5 videos. I especially liked James Paul Gee and his thoughts on gaming in education. He advocated their use as a tool that has built in assessment that is not separated from the learning. He said that video games are all problem solving. One of the things that he said really made me think. He was talking about the new way of learning that involved working with a group he said, //**"collaborative working in a group where the group is smarter than the smartest person in the group"**//. He advocates learning by doing and the gaming method provides the stage for this type of learning, I also appreciated the video on Howard Gardner on the digital generation. HIs thoughts about teaching students to be ethical in their use of digital media. I love this quote," no medium in itself is malevolent or benevolent in itself, the fact that pencils can be used to write sonnets or to poke peoples eyes out." This is a great quote to show that safety using digital tools needs to be taught in the same way it is taught for using other tools. In our reading from **//Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works//** by Pitler,Hubbell, Kuhn, and Malenoski the authors speak of the importance of effort in achievement. I found their recommendations that were listed on page 156 to be helpful. The following are those recommendations. //**Recommendations:**//
 * 1) Explicitly teach students about the importance of effort.
 * 2) Have students keep track of their effort and achievement.