Comments on: 5 reasons to develop computer game based learning http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/2009/09/5-reasons-to-develop-computer-game-based-learning/ A blog by Dr Jonathan Reed Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:36:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dr Jonathan Reed - Child Neuropsychology » Blog Archive » Computer games can improve reading and maths http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/2009/09/5-reasons-to-develop-computer-game-based-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 Dr Jonathan Reed - Child Neuropsychology » Blog Archive » Computer games can improve reading and maths Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:48:56 +0000 http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/?p=375#comment-1279 [...] 5 reasons to develop computer game based learning [...] [...] 5 reasons to develop computer game based learning [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/2009/09/5-reasons-to-develop-computer-game-based-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-897 Jonathan Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:19:01 +0000 http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/?p=375#comment-897 Thanks for the comment Tristan. It is good to see other people interested in this area. I believe that there are many benefits to developing games based learning but as you say a number of people are against it. I look forward to reading your blog in the future. Thanks for the comment Tristan. It is good to see other people interested in this area. I believe that there are many benefits to developing games based learning but as you say a number of people are against it. I look forward to reading your blog in the future.

]]> By: Tristan Verboven http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/2009/09/5-reasons-to-develop-computer-game-based-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Tristan Verboven Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:24:23 +0000 http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/?p=375#comment-895 You make a good case for video-games as an educational tool. Your properly indexed presentation is far more articulate and accessible than my lengthy essay. To the converted it seems so obvious, but we are a long way from convincing the masses. I find that the main obstacles to applying this in a meaningful way to any school curriculum is an overall negativity towards games in their current role in society. The teachers and parents who defend traditional methods of teaching will resist this new technology with rational arguments, and ultimately it comes down to a moral question. I believe this battle will be fought on moral grounds, which will inch forward at pace with society`s gradually changing view of games and technology. There will, however, be no trouble convincing the current generation of the virtues of gaming, considering the amount of time and resources they are freely devoting to it. As far as they are concerned, they are already receiving an education from the wide range of commercial video games on the market. Parents ought to be pleased at the enthusiasm their children have towards their own education. If parents were more adept, they would pay more attention to the precise cognitive development that occurs in these games. I have attempted to do so on a small scale with this blog: aminhotep.wordpress.com For now I have started with a few stone-age games in order to establish a criteria and method of assessment. The task of diagnosing the entire world of games is too vast to imagine, but for now I content myself with hammering out a fair and somewhat scientific grid for analysis. it is a work in progress. I look forward to reading more about the neurological aspects of gaming from your links. You make a good case for video-games as an educational tool. Your properly indexed presentation is far more articulate and accessible than my lengthy essay. To the converted it seems so obvious, but we are a long way from convincing the masses. I find that the main obstacles to applying this in a meaningful way to any school curriculum is an overall negativity towards games in their current role in society. The teachers and parents who defend traditional methods of teaching will resist this new technology with rational arguments, and ultimately it comes down to a moral question. I believe this battle will be fought on moral grounds, which will inch forward at pace with society`s gradually changing view of games and technology.

There will, however, be no trouble convincing the current generation of the virtues of gaming, considering the amount of time and resources they are freely devoting to it. As far as they are concerned, they are already receiving an education from the wide range of commercial video games on the market. Parents ought to be pleased at the enthusiasm their children have towards their own education. If parents were more adept, they would pay more attention to the precise cognitive development that occurs in these games.

I have attempted to do so on a small scale with this blog:
aminhotep.wordpress.com
For now I have started with a few stone-age games in order to establish a criteria and method of assessment. The task of diagnosing the entire world of games is too vast to imagine, but for now I content myself with hammering out a fair and somewhat scientific grid for analysis. it is a work in progress.

I look forward to reading more about the neurological aspects of gaming from your links.

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