PLN #3*

The post "A Ramble about Getting Reminded..." by David Warlock on 2cents Worth, is about how generations are different. The main focus on this difference, from this article, was games. Most kids will buy a video game and just start playing it without reading the instruction booklet, that is given with the game; they find fun in figure it out by themselves. The best corollary from Warlock's generations, that he can think of, are board games. Instructions have to be read to play a board game, so how is it different with video games? Most RPGs (role-playing games), along with some other genres of games, have instructions during the game play. The game will show the player the controls to use in order to complete task they have to complete later on.

For example, in the video game "Kingdom Hearts," a SQUARE ENIX game, the main character, Sora, is played by the gamer. The gamer is given instructions on how to jump and fight the heartless, Sora's enemies. These instructions are given during game play, and also found in the instruction booklets, so the game player is given instructions either way.

In other cases, like being in a class, directions need to be given out for someone to figure out what to do. Because on a test or quiz if there are no instructions a person doesn't know what to do, unless it is obvious.

This post is important to the world around us because it shows that everyone learns differently. It shows this because some people read the directions that come with a game, while others try to figure it out by themselves, showing that one person may be a visual learner, an auditory learner or a kinesthetic learner. Some people can figure it out by themselves, but others can't; which doesn't give out the fact that the ones who read the directions are any less intelligent than the ones who don't.