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.
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So is gaming good for education or not?
March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized -Gaming in Education – update
November 19, 2008 - Uncategorized -Thought I’d draw your attention to this to widen your gaming horizons.
Had a comment from Dan Livingstone at the Learning Games blog (go there now, it’s good!) helpfully directing me to Derek Robertson’s Consolarium… pages at Learning and Teaching
Gaming in Education
October 28, 2008 - Comment - By: ChrisThis was an interesting news story… this week. Compared to the 1970′s the nature of learning has changed. Kids are now better at regurgitating facts but less good at problem-solving. You could argue this is down to a culture of “teaching to