Video Game as an Alternative to History Class

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It is but a fact that History is one of the subjects that children hate during their grade school and high school years. Even I myself is one of these students who does not appreciate the importance of the subject wayback school years.
While the children want to play video games than study History, many parents would like also to have their kids to be better equally in all subjects. Now, this problem of the most parents can be solved as there are already a lot of video games that are history-oriented.
One of the games that promotes history is the Age of Empires. Set in the period after the fall of the Roman Empire, it requires players to create a civilization and move it through successive phases in order to dominate the world. This video game just simulates what the conquerors were doing in the past. Games of this kind are actually good for the students as they are not only promoting and developing their cognitive and problem solving skills but they are also helping the students be aware of the world history.
Thus, according to Kurt Squire, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, “In cases like Age of Empires, you have kids playing the game and getting interested in the history and developing a lifelong love of history.”
Developing understandings of how successful games motivate and teach and of how their underlying design principles engage players and keep them engaged are the keys to making video games as a study tool, says instructor Barry Fishman, associate professor of educational studies and learning technologies. “There is much that we can learn from these games about how to design better learning environments in school.”
Making History’s technology, graphics, and interfaces will be familiar to students. But what’s different is that students will learn, and even experience, difficult and hard-to-explain concepts of the World History.
 
 

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Toddler Educational Games and Toys for Fun Learning

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The first four years of a child are vital to brain development. During this time, the brain triples in weight and establishes billions of nerve connections. At the age of three, kids have twice as many nerve connections than a lot of adults. This is the reason why toddlers are very curious and inquisitive.

Their brains absorb thousands of information all at once, constructing novel connections and associations, and making sense out of all the new and unfamiliar sights and sounds that flood their senses. This is also the grounds why toddler toys are designed the way that they are: colorful, bright, loud, with many different textures, shapes, sizes, and are made of different materials. These are all designed to stimulate and develop a child’s mind.

Today, there are some really great games and toys on the market for toddlers that are highly educational. I think these are fantastic for your child. Just always keep in mind that you want your toddler to have FUN while learning. You want them to always associate learning as FUN. If toddler educational toys can encourage your toddler to become interested in letters and Math skills, then they will carry that interest with them throughout the rest of their school years. It is about starting good habits to last a lifetime.

Moreover, information technology today is playing a vital role in making learning easier for toddlers. The term “infotainment” is perhaps more appropriate. Drastic changes have come forth in the learning process, wherein the grasping power of the child is enhanced many times over, since learning is also fun. A toddler learns his basics, like letters and counting, in an interactive way. There are other games just for entertainment, which harness a child’s energy and sharpen his reflexes for thinking and reacting.

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