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Title of the Experience
Using video games to teach science subjects
Name of the teacher
Gustavo Molla Vaya
Country where it took place
Spain
School typology
High Secondary School
Thematic Area
ICT, Science , Other
Experience typology
Teaching in class
Type of contact
Direct
Description of the Experience
The objective is to use and adapt the content of commercial video games as a tool of learning, so that they are attractive to students and encourage learning in a particular subject. This adjustment will be based on the type of game and although often there is no direct relationship between the content and the object of learning, knowledge always be extrapolated. An example would be like a video game action role as having to make a bomb from various chemical elements, or through calculations based on trigonometry and kinematics such as the popular game 'Angry Birds'.

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Date: 2014.11.06

Posted by Alicia Romero (Spain)

I think that video games are a very useful tool for working with students. Sometimes I use video games to explain difficult subjects for the ICT students. Games help me to make concepts more easy an attractive for sudents.

Date: 2014.10.15

Posted by Kamila Pawenta (Poland)

I think that working with computer games is a good idea. For students who have a problem with understanding difficult content of education, using games to show how to solve these problems can be effective. In my teaching experience I use games like computer or board games to explain difficult concepts of ICT.

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