Institute for games

Microsoft and a consortium of American universities (Columbia University, a pair of New York, some other universities) announced the founding of The Games for Learning Institute (G4LI), a research institution that will study the impact of computer games on the development of mathematical and other scientific skills among schoolchildren . Mikromyagkie has already contributed $ 1.5 million to the institute’s fund, and the consortium will contribute the same amount. This amount should cover the needs of G4LI during the first three years of work, and life will show what happens next.

The institute will be headed by Ken Perlin, a professor of computer science at New York University, and Jan Plass, a professor of educational and communication technologies at the same university. Both scholars of her husband expressed confidence that the foundation of a new research center is the imperative of time, and they are just happy to put all their creative and scientific potential on the altar of his future (especially for such and such money). About when to wait for the first results, no one, of course, gave a hint. The service of science does not tolerate vanity.

via gamenavigator.ru