Young Black Males, Learning and Video Games

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Atlanta, GA | Posted: February 18, 2011

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Can video games help bridge the "achievement gap" facing young African American males? "Glitch Game Testers" creator Betsy DiSalvo (Interactive Computing) thinks so. "Game consoles often are the most powerful computational devices and the only Internet-enabled devices in our participants’ homes," she says. Source: DML Central

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amy bruckman, betsy disalvo, gaming, glitch, School of Interactive Computing, video games
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  • Created By: Mike Terrazas
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  • Created On: Feb 18, 2011 - 9:21am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:08pm