An interesting juxtaposition of consecutive articles from BECTA recently. The first questions the effectiveness of those “Brain Training ” games and the second trumpets the value of gaming in enhancing certain skills.
Education Blog:
So is gaming good for education or not?
March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized -Lord Carter’s vision of a Digital Britain
February 12, 2009 - Comment -Lord Stephen Carter’s interim report on “Digital Britain” misses some great opportunities in favour of satisfying the lobbying efforts of commercial interests. This will ultimately harm the very thing he is hoping to encourage.
Film Education conference
July 14, 2008 - Uncategorized -
If you’re involved in media in schools (and not just as a media teacher) you should seriously consider pleading with the person who holds the purse strings to get you on next year’s CP3 Conference.
Run by Film Education…,
Do schools kill creativity?
March 19, 2009 - Comment - By: ChrisA wee comment on Sir Ken Robinson’s excellent talk a while ago on creativity and education.