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Answer: The main point of the video is that video games such as "Citizen Science" may be more effective than schools or civil society organizations at teaching civic engagement. As currently structured, adults make and teach "the rules" but the games allow the participants to determine the rules and modify them as they collaborate in teams. Doing this in the game leads to building skills and developing strategies that may be applicable in real-life situations. Players also engage with others of different ages, various skills and abilities and can help oneanother develop and improve.
An important point that Kurt Squire makes is that the games are engaging, and in order to get better in the game, the players have to learn about the conditions and figure out how to overcome challenges. He mentions a "quest" where players learn what caused the lakes around Madison become endangered. He believes that this may lead players learn more and become engaged in the cause to clean up the real lakes. He makes another important point about how participants may also extend their involvement through the use of social media to promote causes that the mainstream media might ignore.
My only reservation is that despite knowing how to solve the challenges in the game, players may not find the time or energy to become civically involved. I like the idea of a game that teaches, but someone has to be especially motivated to find opportunities to become invilved in situations in their communities.
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I tend to get carried away. And sorry, I can't say anything about video gaming experience. I have been a candidate for city council; Pete Buttegieg and I have had some conversations. (Brief, but he knew my name when we met at city hall).
I hope this helps. Sorry I couldn't get it done sooner.
The following paragraph reflects on the arguments made in the video about building skills for civil society and civic engagement
Civil society is a important part of having a complete and functioning community in the US today. However, the elements of having a civil society must be taught to the younger members of society in order to maintain the civil society we know today. Because of this, many have created training programs within their community to welcome the new members into society, others simply take a class or course to learn about the civil society, but some believe an effective way to teach civil society is through video games. In the discussion video, the speaker argues that through videogames, the students are more inclined to learn and practice civil society as a direct result of playing the game. For example, in online games many students must analyze and utilize many different sources of information in order to compose a team of the right people with the correct skill traits in order to win the game. With this, the student also creates their own social system and rules to maintain order. All of this can be directly coordinate with creating civil society to fulfill an objective alone would do in a game. I can relate to this because as a gamer myself, I have learned that through organization, composition, and leadership with rules and limits, one can achieve their goals through their teams
What is a civil society?
A civil society is the wide array of non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations that have a presence in public life, expressing the interests and values of their members or others, based on ethical, cultural, political, scientific, religious or philanthropic considerations.
Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.
- Civil society is used in the sense of the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens or
- Individuals and organizations in a society which are independent of the government.
Critics and activists currently often apply the term civil society to the domain of social life which needs to be protected against globalization, and to the sources of resistance thereto, because it is seen as acting beyond boundaries and across different territories.
What is civic engagement ?
individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern. Civic engagement can take many forms, from individual voluntarism to organizational involvement to electoral participation.
Civic engagement or civic participation is any individual or group activity addressing issues of public concern.
Civic engagement includes communities working together or individuals working alone in both political and non-political actions to protect public values or make a change in a community.
Civic engagement is "a process in which people take collective action to address issues of public concern" and is "instrumental to democracy".
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