7Apr
Universities Going Global
Going to a top quality university can be difficult for a number of reasons, such as the stringent acceptance policies typically employed by them, and the massive fees you need to pay for attendance, but a recent trend among many of the best universities from around the world is to offer courses, for free, to people around the world. A number of the most famous colleges and universities, such as Stanford, Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, and more, offer online learning courses, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC’s, where you get access to a wealth of learning material, from lectures, to textbooks. While you don’t get the…Read more
17Mar
Are Computer Games Bad for Children?
There is a lot of concern in the media and in the general population that games, and computer games in particular, may be bad for the mental development of children. This leads a lot of parents to ban consoles from their homes and forbid their children to play them around their friend’s houses, but this may be slightly misplaced, as studies are fairly mixed on how harmful it is. In fact, studies are pretty much evenly divided on the matter, although both sides of the argument certainly agree that there are games that kids should not be playing. This is something which is being addressed…Read more
12Mar
The Advantages of Educational Games
When you’re trying to teach a child, the most important task, and also what is often the most difficult, is keeping the child engaged in the subject matter. It revolves around developing enthusiasm for what they’re learning, which requires some open-mindedness on the part of the teacher. Often times what is going to have the biggest impact on a child’s enthusiasm for learning is not what they’re learning but how they’re learning it. This is why educational games are so valuable to parents and teachers, particularly when the children are young. Educational games can be bought or developed by yourself without the aid of technology.…Read more