Computer Games For Kids For a Broader Education
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Computer Games For Kids.

At the beginning of a new century where computer technology is expanding in every area at an almost exponential rate, the production of computer games for kids seems an obvious development. As is often the case, the bad press of the extreme cases tends to cloud the good that can be found. Not all video games are violent and not all those who play them become anti-social or addicted to them. The good of the games industry must be weighed against the bad, and as in all things, a balance can be found. At one time or another there have been those who only saw the negatives of allowing their child to watch television; yet learning and educational programmes, such as Sesame Street, proved themselves to have an essential role in the intellectual lives of growing young minds. So it is with computer and video games for children; potentially, they might yet prove to be an essential ingredient in the education of a 21st century child.

One of the major advances which the computer games industry brings to the area of children’s education and learning is its superior mixture of entertainment with education. This happens on two levels: there is the explicit educational value of the game itself, whereby its content is designed to teach a subject or to teach specific skills or communicate knowledge; then there is the practical education which is acquired just through using the computer, its associated technology, hardware and software. And then there are problem solving skills, hand and eye coordination skills, typing and spelling skills, additional vocabulary and navigational skills which are naturally acquired and enhanced through using both the computer and the game.

New generations are not just growing up with computer and IT technology, they are growing up within an advanced civilisation which, more and more, is run by and with this technology. Familiarity with computing in every aspect of life is ever more necessary; whether using a phone or a supermarket more and more understanding and acceptance are required. By educating your child within a technological environment you allow them the confidence and familiarity which this new world requires and computer games for kids will assist in that development.

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