Video Games: Can They be Educational?
by Many people think that all games do is control people’s minds. I disagree. There are educational games in the world, so that gamers can get involved and learn something good while having fun with video games.
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
This is a real-time strategy game. The game is about creating towns and cities, gathering resources, and ultimately destroying enemies and their towns. In this way, players are able to conquer other towns. Players advance their tribe through “Ages,” starting at the Dark Age, then upgrade to Feudal Age, Castle Age, and finally, Imperial Age. This game gives a historical time event where the player is in the time scene with accurate facts and must achieve victory. The game also teaches techniques that are used at war at the time, using strategy to win a battle.
City Traders
This game allows students to have an idea of trading of stocks and how certain factors of the economy or in the business could influence the price of relevant stocks or shares. In the game, you are the manager of the trading firm, with three cities and six companies in each city that trade with each other. This is a very complex game, and the player must pay research, maintenance, wages, new employees, etc. in their environment.
Video games have been a large help to promote education to students. Research and studies have been conducted to encourage students to start playing educational games and enhance their learning. With the technology increasing everyday, learning in school will be easier than ever before. In conclusion, there is education in video games; it is just a matter of looking for the right game. All it takes is a little motivation and determination to play an educational game and begin becoming a better student in school.
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Post Commentdominic
On October 25, 2008 at 1:02 pm
i think that some games cn b educational, but rollercoaster tycoon isn’t…i know from xperience…
tonisan60
On February 10, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I agree with you, there are educational games, and even if they are not educational, they keep the mind sharp and awake.
Video games are a blessing unless the player becomes adict to them.
But even in the last case scenario, I prefer my sons adicted to God of War orr Final Fantasy than adicted to crack or cristal or whatever.
Thank you for sharing your article, my claps for you
Mandy
On April 19, 2010 at 9:48 am
Rollercoaster tycoon can be educational if you look at it from a physics standpoint. You have to create elevations in order for the speed to be fast enough to travel to the next drop point.