HI Charles, You are right. I can think of a number of cases where games can be very educational.
For example, I've never been the worlds greatest speller for some reason. Yet I've found since playing Hangman my spelling has improved. the main reason is you have to be good at guessing and spelling to play that game and if you get it wrong you'll want to see how the word is correctly spelled and remember it. Its a way of practicing spelling that is fun and entertaining. If you are playing a trivia game that might require an entire genre of topics from history, to music, to television, to geography, to whatever you are not only playing a game, but learning as you go. If you get a question like "name the longest river in the world" and you guess wrong the computer opponent might say "what is the Nile" and get it right. You suddenly learned something about rivers you didn't know before. Cheers! On 4/28/11, Charles Rivard <woofer...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Games can actually be educational. Get someone playing a game, and they > learn keyboard commands and tasks without realizing they are learning what > they couldn't grasp before learning the game. > > --- > Laughter is the best medicine, so look around, find a dose and take it to > heart. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
