I believe that even some children of today are still digital immigrants. And to convert to teaching completely through computer games etc would be wrong. I think it would still benefit children to learn through books and other traditional sources and instead of the computer games being instead of, they would be an added bonus. The fact that he states that the programs have to appeal to the children, does this mean that they are going to create different ones for different types of children, for instance some forms of games are very much more appealing towards boys eg, football games and some are more appealing to girls ones that involve animals or fantasy characters. When learning through a game, surely there should be characters and stories and so they would either have to gender neutral, or maybe two different types of games should be created. But it is not all about gender, within the same age group there are usually different levels of learning and so will the computer games accommodate for this. Id say they probably will but it doesn’t mention this in the article.
The fact that he has received some of his research from animals, makes me wonder whether that is ethical and even whether the information received from mice, etc, is even transferable to the human brain.
2 comments:
Kayleigh,
You maybe could have started your post with a little bit of a summary/discussion about the content of the article, the type of journal/establishment that it has links to, in order to set it in context. Aha, as I've read on though I can guess which article you're referring to...You raise some valid points about problems with computer game teaching.
All the best
Emma
Yes, I agree that traditional sources are still beneficial and relevant to the educating of today's youth. Although I think where possible, learning on computers etc is helpful as they will not be able to grow up in today's world without a decent understanding and abaility of technology.
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