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 - Whole School Issues, software -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
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…