Friday, June 26, 2009

Sesame Workshop: Video games good for kids

The new report (PDF) published by the Joan ganz Clooney sesame workshop to discuss the potential positive impact on the game to teach children and promote their physical well-being. (And if you can not believe the fine people sesame workshop, you can trust?)

Study the impact of games for children were mostly successful in the end, with special emphasis on security in virtual worlds and devices as the Nintendo Wii to promote physical activity.

New Report "Game changer: Investing in Digital Advance Games Learning & Child Health (PDF) invites educators and government and health at the negative stereotypes about the game.

Video games are proven to help children learn the importance of 21 centuries, including:

Content * (in dictionary rich history of science)
* Capacity (from the complex skills of problem solving in mathematics)
* Construction of facilities (from the video equipment code)
* Ecosystem thinking (how to change the element on all)

Experts in digital learning interviewed for this study concluded that digital games have great potential. Children love to play, but research has shown is not quite exactly why and how they work and the design of specific training objectives. Until more is known, our nation can not fully use its advantages.

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