What's the consensus on games being used as teaching tools in schools?
What is wrong with Americans?
why china is winning in education
I have a degree in early childhood education
its fucking terrible. Children learn through physical experiences, not staring at a fucking screen.
>>335659374
Eh, not necessarily. In my kindergarten, there was a computer with a little rocket building program. I eventually learned that pointier noses would let it fly higher, but if it was too long then it wouldn't fly as high, which introduced me to drag and weight as affecting the rocket's velocity negatively.
>>335659259
>china is a nation of PCbros
>leader in manufacturing
>korea is a nation of PCbros
>leader in technology
>japan is a nation of consolebros
>have been in a decline since the 90s
Hmmm...
>>335659569
yeah, it CAN teach to children
but 90% of what they will retain is based on physical exploration. The reasoning being that in a less controlled environment (for example your computer has very closed ended content) will allow a child to develop interests and learn based on them.
For example, if I had an area with scales and tons of different items, ranging from foods to toys. and put a mini trampoline there.
You'd learn everything you could using the computer, and you'd also get to see different objects and think of them more deeply.
>>335659757
Okay, let me put it this way.
My kindergarten was one of those places where kids strapped buckets to their feet and jousted with giant foam pencils by trying their best not to trip over themselves with bucketfeet, and I still learned more from playing a fucking trucking game about making deliveries and a rocket builder simulator than I ever did from fucking with all the different shit in there.
What do you remember from your childhood? What would keep your interest the most? Was it something that could teach you something, and if so, was it something valuable?
Learning how to read maps was insanely valuable to me. Learning about weight and shape and how those affect aerodynamics was valuable when we held a paper airplane competition in science class to teach us about that stuff.
I'd say about 95% of what I know from when I was in kindergarten, grade school or middle school, was from a computer. Games taught me critical thinking, and spelling, and I learned how to apply mathematical formulae from trying to master them, I have insane lateral thinking capabilities now thanks to games involving puzzles, and so on.
It's not a matter of "CAN", it's "what will you LET THEM learn". Obviously physical exploration has a place, but that should be when you're a fucking toddler, and less so when you're learning to think, when you're learning to apply, when you're learning to solve problems as a scientist, or make diverse and appealing shapes and learn the value of different colours as an artist, and so on.
I'm not saying "make children play Minecraft", obviously, but games can and do have a place in children's learning.
>>335657892
>>335657892
that can't be real, like wtf
>>335661652
Please let this be a RPer
>>335661652
Furshit aside, homeschooling is the worst thing you could do to a child. If you homeschool your kid, there's a 95% chance you won't get grandchildren because you robbed them of their chance to learn any social skills
>>335661742
Minecraft is the only thing the kiddos pay attention to these days.
>>335661652
>Furry Hour was posted on my 14th birthday
neat. never realized that until now
>>335657892
I'd fuck that Eve.
>>335657892
I wonder who they payed to build all that shit,make the skins and take the screenshots.
>>335661652
>tfw I know people who "barked" in public and want their children home schooled so that the "gevern'ment" doesn't give them immunization shots "to inhibit their true selves.">tfw I nailed that girl on a weekly basis because she lived down the road from me and wasn't my sister>tfw she was the only person within 25 miles that wasnt1) Related to me2) 65+I hate texasI hate redneck furriesshe gave great fucking head though, seriously, she must have been a motherfucking sword-swallower in a previous life.
>>335664930
forgot image
>>335659259
wow i didn't realize bethesda were this desperate
>>335665053
That has nothing to do with bethesda.
>>335662014
How does that even happen? Even old sprite games, or PS1 games looked sexier. These are just fucking cubes.
>>335662014
My brain is receiving mixed messages over the picture of this block girl.
>>335665053
>>335665098
bethesda is the publisher not dev im assuming thats what he meant
>>335657892
There's nothing wrong with it. However, there's a lot wrong with using Minecraft as a tool for teaching.
Games like pic related used to be abundant back in the day. Not sure if they're still a thing now.
>>335659757
Not that anon, isn't it possible that the immersion felt by the player, especially a child considering their imagination, could simulate that physical interaction? I learned to read from games, problem solving, etc. Hell, my dad got cancer when I was 1 so he couldn't really bond with me through sports or other physical activities. Instead we used video games as our bonding + entertainment stand in. Worked pretty damn well.
I see what you're saying with limitations of the game being far outpaced by the kid's curiosity, imagination, and hunger for information. Still, I think depending on the game as well as the circumstances surrounding it (talking with your dad about it) it can definitely be a better teaching tool than text books and lectures. Probably on par with certain toys and such.
>>335658916
Fun fact: According ol' Captain Graves trenchfoot was easily avoided and only caught because soldiers were either too lazy, too stupid, or intentionally trying to get out of an assault.
>>335665308
You don't see why soldiers may be reluctant to regularly take their boots off on the battlefield?
>>335665281
I'm saying that id,bethesda or Zenimax have nothing to do with doom builder or it being used on some chink school.
>>335657892
games can be used to help kids have a familiarity with a subject or relate to it but not be very good for explaining something in depth or more higher order thinking
I did a subject and my major study work was using media (film, TV and video games) as learning devices and basically kids who watch something or play WW2 games are going to have a bit of knowledge the war was against Germany just for an example
>>335665729
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
just for you anon to help understand what a joke is afterwards look in a mirror and reflect on your life and how you might be one yourself
>>335665996
>I expect people to be able to understand my sarcastic posts even when it doesn't translate well in a written format
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism
You may want to show this page to your doctor and talk with him about it.
>>335666760
You should be reading that Autism article yourself, friend.
>>335666760
>cannot understand sarcasm
>gets upset and calls others autistic
you fucked up there
>>335666981
>Image
>>335667008
It's a well documented fact that non obvious sarcasm doesn't work on written format.
>>335665136
Geometry can be pleasing aesthetically.I like triangles.
>>335665560
If its anything like my blue collar work place, the moment you take your eyes off of your boots they'll disappear since some dumb fucker probably forgot his. even though everyone gets a locker and a set of boots.
Some people just like stealing boots. And if wearing your boots all the time, even while you sleep is the only way to not lose your boots. Then you're damn well not taking those fuckers off.
>>335657892
Better than tv, I guess.
For a lot of non native English people, playing voiced point and click games or struggling with older generation games (when translations were rare) made them the aces at English classes.
It's a matter of balance.
>>335665136
>How does that even happen?
>dumb 10-12 year olds like minecraft
>one day they google boobs/sex/fajina
>find pornhub
>look at sex stuff
>search for minecraft
>>335665308
I've always thought the fact they stand in mud every single day of their life made it pretty unavoidable.
>>335665053
Underrated post.
>>335661652
This was shown to be a bait story years ago.
