The surprising effects of video games with Ash Brandin

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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As an educator, Ash Brandin’s mission is to make learning in school as fun as playing a game. In exploring the science and practice on the effects of video games, Ash (@TheGamerEducator on Instagram) has an unusually insightful–and unusually balanced–perspective. Adam and Ash discuss the evidence on how video games influence kids and adults, how to set healthy boundaries, and what it means to make leisure and play a priority. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Adam Graham.
0:04.2	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science
0:06.9	of what makes us tick.
0:08.4	I'm an organizational psychologist,
0:10.0	and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people
0:12.7	to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:20.1	My guest today is Ash Brandon,
0:22.2	one of my favorite people to follow on Instagram.
0:24.8	Ash is a middle school teacher
0:26.1	with a mission of making school as motivating as games,
0:29.2	and a thought leader in bridging from science to practice.
0:32.4	Wherever you stand on video games,
0:34.1	our conversation might just challenge you
0:35.7	to rethink some of your assumptions
0:37.2	about how they affect kids and adults too.
0:43.2	Hey Ash, so great to meet you.
0:45.3	I wish I had discovered you three decades ago
0:47.9	because it would have been extremely helpful.
0:50.2	Maybe help some childhood guilt video games or something.
0:54.5	You've already thought.
0:55.4	I think you could have prevented a few scars, definitely.
0:57.9	Well, hopefully we can kind of maybe
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