Scientists Ask for Gaming Research Funding 25
Ars Technica reports on a request by the Federation of American Scientists to support videogaming in education through government grants. The request comes via a report stating that gaming promotes higher-level thinking, and may eventually give students an edge in the modern global workplace. From the article: "The panel determined that there are, in fact, skills learned by video games that are of value to today's employers, including 'strategic and analytical thinking, problem solving, planning and execution, decision-making, and adaptation to rapid change.' Additionally, they found that video games foster goal-setting, practice in patience, and even team building. Carefully noting that there is a difference between video games developed for entertainment versus education, the FAS's report says that an emphasis in learning in video games could greatly benefit future generations of workers."
Computers/Internet can assist learning... (Score:3, Funny)
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They just want money for the casino (Score:1)
Proofreaders needed at Ars Technica (Score:2)
Am I to understand that video games are learning skills, or does someone need to learn the skill of writing coherent sentences?
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Obviously we are going into an area where normal grammar rules
war games (Score:2, Insightful)
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Your tax dollars (Score:3, Funny)
It would be better if they just said that.
Heh (Score:3, Insightful)
But really, these are fairly small things that can be learned through many other channels that bring more to the table.
If gaming is to be used as an educational avenue it will need serious modification in order to add the lessons while still maintaining the addictive qualities that keep us playing. And thus far, I don't think I've seen any educational games that have really held to this. If you want me to learn when I'm trying to have fun, it better be damn fun. Otherwise, I'll save my learning for when I want to learn(or in the case of kids, for when I have to learn).
research requires funding (Score:2)
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Thank Goodness! (Score:3, Funny)
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But video games ARE Hands-On activities. For the past 50 years, Children have been simply watching TV, instead of becoming actively involved in their entertainment. Video Games may well be the key to getting people to actually enjoy DOING THINGS again, instead of simply being spoon-fed mindless entertainment. The thought process that you go through when bettering youself in a video game is extremely complicated, and very similar to that of practicing an instrument, which development experts have known for d
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Scientists begging for grant money (Score:2)
The report also states that "Poor markets, the exploratory nature of research on educational games, and uncertain returns on developing gen
educational gaming (Score:1)
While they're at it... (Score:1)