| Be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath | | | | The computer room was also full during lunch periods |
| water if you criticize electronic games for kids, or even | | | | and many students stayed for two hours or more |
| ban them from your children, because the right ones | | | | after school. |
| can provide a very positive educational experience. | | | | Children learn eye hand coordination and mental |
| Educators have long taken advantage of children's | | | | strategy through the right choice of games. Some are |
| passion for games, and especially for computer | | | | even educational and they can learn about history and |
| games. The usual approach is to overlay some | | | | culture as in the age of empire game. |
| educational content onto a familiar game format. | | | | Children are becoming addicted to the games, it is |
| Educational computer games must be played in an | | | | often said, and "they are into it body and soul." It might |
| entertaining way. | | | | also be added that; "Their body language is |
| A type of game that easily combines amusement and | | | | tremendous and shows how well they concentrate |
| learning are strategy games. Educational experts have | | | | everything the have upon zapping the enemy and that |
| always known that learning is most effective when | | | | is why electronic games for kids are so popular." |
| students enjoy the experience, and even more so | | | | There's nothing constructive in those games beyond |
| when it is interactive. | | | | developing an ability to concentrate. |
| Therefore it was to be expected that educational | | | | But, there are also still many other good electronic |
| innovators would harness the immense popularity of | | | | games for kids which are also educational video |
| electronic games for kids to learning, and no bad thing | | | | games, but the kind the kids like most tend to be the |
| that they are. | | | | kind they are about Martians coming in that 'have to be |
| Students can be introduced to the common | | | | killed', and so forth. |
| technological tools, techniques and styles in computer | | | | This is why parental guidance and involvement |
| games development. Activities will include how to | | | | especially with young children is absolutely essential, to |
| modify classic computer games as well as design and | | | | guide the you and give the child "values" by which they |
| develop original computer games. Students had four | | | | will in future be able to moderate their on use of the |
| computer periods per week with electronic games. | | | | internet and their use of computers generally. |