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Wow! Video Games soon to become part of the British school curriculum?

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In the Austrian newspaper "Die Presse", I found an article according to which a survey by the British education ministry has led to the conclusion that making video games such as Tomb Raider, Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario part of the curriculum would be a good idea in order to boost pupils' "thinking and problem solving" skills. (http://www.diepresse.com/Artikel.aspx?channel=h&ressort=hc&id=590398)

This is quite a contradiction to earlier (Japanese) surveys according to which video games may be bad for the cognitive development (I wrote an article about this back in 2002). On the other hand, I played a lot of video games during my elementary school years myself, and I was a very good student - maybe my success at school was partly due to these games since thanks to video games, I've had a lot of fun and enjoyed life, and so I didn't lose motivation to study!

Apparently it took my generation to grow up to an age at which some of us can enter government institutions to acknowledge the value of video games.

(I first posted this to my LJ, but I thought it would also fit in here)
added on the 2006-10-05 18:26:06 by Adok Adok
funny, i just read this on slashdot:
"In the latest round of the ongoing debate on the effect of video games and TV on academics, a new study in Pediatrics says that any amount of gaming is too much if if happens on a school night.'"
added on the 2006-10-05 18:31:55 by Sverker Sverker
we just have to point them at adok as an example of what'll happen to the kids, and they'll soon ditch the whole idea.
added on the 2006-10-05 18:32:42 by smash smash
Smash: Yeah, you've got a point here.
added on the 2006-10-05 18:34:34 by Adok Adok
Quote:
I've had a lot of fun and enjoyed life

wow, that's SO not the kind of persona you're exhibiting these days :)
added on the 2006-10-05 19:51:03 by reed reed
Yeah. When I entered the demoscene, I got fucked up.
added on the 2006-10-05 22:07:22 by Adok Adok
you should've taken the blue pill
added on the 2006-10-05 22:16:43 by waffle waffle
Well, I've noticed that my playing of first person shooters has increased my skills at................well shooting......go figure.
added on the 2006-10-06 05:11:25 by thatguyjk thatguyjk
Really? In my case, it primarily increased my skills at being first and at personification!
added on the 2006-10-06 06:15:44 by ryg ryg
playing the sims has really improved my social skills!
added on the 2006-10-06 10:13:36 by raymon raymon
I also played The Sims several years ago. Quickly I managed to climb the top of the career ladder and buy the most expensive mansion. Then I also found a partner with the plan to marry. The love value quickly climbed to the top, but when I asked the partner to marry, the partner expressed fear that life could become boring as we always hugged and kissed all the time and hardly ever did any other activities together...
added on the 2006-10-06 11:15:42 by Adok Adok
Playing first person shooters had taught me only one thing: if you hear a vehicle from behind, dodge-jump quickly to the side and get out your missile launcher.

Walking through the city has become somewhat more complicated since then... but boy, those explosions rock!
added on the 2006-10-06 12:14:05 by kb_ kb_
Playing Civilization teaches you a lot about politics. It may be a good preparation for becoming a government leader.
added on the 2006-10-06 12:16:11 by Adok Adok
Q3 > Q4
added on the 2006-10-06 12:33:52 by v4nl4me v4nl4me
Oh adok, you so fyad.. seriously.. my day gets better and better..
added on the 2006-10-06 13:31:04 by okkie okkie
I've also realized that eating mushrooms makes me grow bigger and that if you upper cut bricks you can find coins inside! Who needs a 401k when the money has been in the bricks all along!!!!!
added on the 2006-10-06 16:43:34 by thatguyjk thatguyjk
BB Image

right, the big money is in bricks
added on the 2006-10-06 16:59:05 by Sverker Sverker
So..

Like..

I have a car like that..

I don't get it.
added on the 2006-10-06 19:14:11 by doomdoom doomdoom
well, cocaine is related to crack and we all know that "crack is wack". Therefore cocaine is wack and since the hundai logo is on the cocaine(crack), hundai == crack == wack. Hence, hundai is wack.
added on the 2006-10-06 23:53:08 by thatguyjk thatguyjk
Playing isometric games had taught me that the Earth is flat.
added on the 2006-10-08 14:36:45 by ham ham

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