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Computer Video Game that Hooks Kids on Shakespeare |
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Tuesday, 08 May 2007 18:00 |
 "Speare - The Literacy Arcade Game
Speare is ingenious, original, and, above all else, a fun game that also teaches literacy skills. Successfully tested with a wide range of ages, it has been shown to entertain as much as it educates. It is also the first educational SmartGame© designed with a full complement of associated learning tools for students and teachers. 'Speare fully integrates gaming and educational goals to the degree that the two are indistinguishable.
Some problems that Speare aims to address:
- The vast majority of online games and websites do not present positive, productive, learning environments for youth (elementary school through undergraduate).
- Three fifths of American teenagers play video games each week, and a quarter of them play games six hours or more – most of these commercial games have no educational value, and contribute to violent, dissociated engagement with media.
- In contrast to the commercial gaming market, educational games rarely have authentic appeal to gamers thus limiting their efficacy and widespread dissemination. "
.... Read more and download a demo version of the game from "CanadianShakespeares.ca" at: http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/speare.cfm
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 October 2007 05:35 )
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