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Are video games good for us?
A recent UK study highlighted that 82% of nine to nineteen year olds own a console and 70% play computer games online. Videogames have never been so popular though there are some that say they are 'unhealthy' and 'antisocial'. New evidence is emerging, however, which suggests that they may in fact be teaching children valuable life skills. The Hand To Eye conference in Nottingham aims to explore what we learn when we play videogames
A recent UK study highlighted that 82% of nine to nineteen
year olds own a console and 70% play computer games online.
Videogames have never been so popular though there are some that
say they are 'unhealthy' and
'antisocial'. New evidence is emerging, however, which
suggests that they may in fact be teaching children valuable
life skills.
What do we learn when we play these games? The Hand to Eye: What Do We Learn
from Games? conference will be attempting to explore this
question during the GameCity
Festival in Nottingham, from 26-27 October. The conference
is being hosted by Nottingham Trent University and supported by
the Department for Education and Skills.
The two-day event will explore how the skills required to
play videogames have worthy educational and cognitive aspects.
Games industry experts, educationalists and social commentators
will be asking and exploring key questions on this subject,
including utilising computer games in the classroom and how
these technologies are providing a new generation of
school-leavers with vital skills and abilities.
According to Iain Simons, GameCity Director, “The conference
comes at a crucial time. Interactive entertainment now forms an
important part of everyday culture in the UK so it’s essential
that we ask the best possible questions of it. This isn’t about
being apologist for the games industry, rather it’s about
embracing a balanced, nuanced debate. We need less
fear-mongering and more information. I hope that ‘Hand to Eye’
is able to play a part in creating some new understanding.”
Confirmed keynote speakers include Tim Rylands, Jamie Fristrom
and Professor Mark Griffiths. Tim Ryland won a Becta ICT in
Practice Award and is internationally renowned for his
accomplishments with ICT in the classroom.
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