The Nintendo Wii is an excellent gaming devise that is similar to no other. The Nintendo Wii was designed to target a broad population with the aim that the Wii is for everyone http://www.nintendo.com/wii/what). The wii is not your typical gaming devise where sitting on a sofa and twiddling your thumbs is all that is required. No, the Wii involves a new form of player interaction. Using a remote sensor the wii tracks the user’s movements making it an active gaming experience.
Many schools are beginning to see consoles for their positive aspects rather than as a thing that makes children lazy. By bringing them into schools it seems the Wii has become a useful educational tool. But how educational can a game console be? What are your thoughts on this matter?
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OK, It is a neat way to educate kids about a sport (scoring, how to play, stragties needed to win) as well as the physical parts of getting up and moving.
ReplyDeleteThey do have games similiar to Second Life in which there is quite a bit of problem solving along with the ability to move through the different worlds or scenes.
There is one modeled after home repair in which you are the contractor and you create bids on jobs and if you get it then you have to do the work with your crew (different specialists) to complete the job correctly and on time. If you do, you make a profit, if you don't well that how buisness goes.
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An educational Wii would be excellent in the classroom(only as a supplement though). So many students(esp. young kids) use and rely on video games for their only source of entertainment or release of energy. If the right game was created it would be very popular and used by a variety of different populations; for example the wii fit or wii sports. You do not have to be good in a particular sport to play the game nor do you have to enjoy working out to like the wii fit. The games and activities are interactive that you don't even realize what your doing because your having so much fun and education can be the same if the right game(stimulus) is created.
ReplyDeleteAshleigh, this is a very interesting topic. An educational wii game can certainly teach children many sports skills, but I also see the potential to connect wii games with other subject matters such as physics (e.g., how objects fall or interact), or non-academic skills such as collaboration skills... Looking forward to reading more about it.
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