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The family computer is a centerpiece of the modern home and an indication of
the supreme importance of technology in children's education. Kids in current
society must learn how to filter the hi-tech input they receive from every
angle, and how to use the abundant information and power available from the
internet and computer software for positive ends.
While some may be skeptical about the value of kids learning games and
educational software, it is important for teachers in the classroom and at home
to recognize the positive influence software based learning games can have on
the modern day child.
Educational software is a powerful tool, capable of providing compelling,
appealing, easily internalized lessons on multiple subjects, from reading and
math to typing and chess. In a world exploding with exciting forms of
entertainment for kids, educational games can teach children that the computer
is a tool and not simply a hi-tech distraction.
Children love computer games, spending hours in virtual worlds of fast paced,
highly charged competitive games and simulations. The excitement of computer
games does not have to end before the educational experience begins for kids of
all ages. From preschool learning games that teach children to recognize colors
and animals, to interactive education games for middle-schoolers that ask them
to create the software and write their own puzzles, the world of educational
software is ripe with benefits for kids and teachers alike.
Rather than separating the world of "games" from school and leaning, learning
games teach kids the value of technology and the importance of interactive
learning. The term edutainment, the combination of entertainment with education,
has been used to describe the current climate of kids' education. The thought
goes, if kids of are entertained while they learn, they will tune out and learn
nothing.
However discouraging that concept, the idea behind that should encourage
educators to use the educational software available to them, at school and in
the home. Kids have been predisposed to interact with information in the
computer and internet age. So our educational methods must involve tools that
will equip children in a way that develops interactive learning and that has
technology at the center of their classroom experience, as well as their
entertainment.
Virginia Bryson covers educational software and homeschool supplies topics for EducatorsSoftware.com.
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