why teachers should love gaming - not hate it

Gaming and Education

Presented at SchoolsNOW 2011

Authored by Alok KejriwalCEO and Co-Founder – Games2win. Com India

2nd December 2011

The credits first….& not last

• I am WHO I am because of my school

• I am a proud Campionite who just can’t grow out of his school’s memories

I have 2 girls in School

• So I am a Parent and I know what it means to have kids!

Now about Games

Angry about kids playing them?

Worried about what it’s doing to them?

Unhappy that kids don’t go out and ‘play’?

Terrified that games will just ruin the minds of our kids?

I appreciate your concerns

But let’s take stock of reality

Kids LOVE PLAYING GAMES

GAMING IS the new ENTERTAINMENT

Like it or not

And as Educationists, we can get CLEVER about it!

Consider ‘Angry Birds’

Silly game about throwing birds at pigs

But check this out

THIS IS A REAL PHYSICS EXAM PAPER

If our Kids love Games, why not adopt GAMING to make them LEARN things?

How to Make Origami

A TOP APP IN THE EDUCATION CATEGORY ON iTUNES

Words With Friends

A TOP APP IN THE GAMES CATEGORY ON iTUNES

Learning to play a Piano as a GAME

A TOP APP IN THE EDUCATION CATEGORY ON iTUNES

Remember we joined the dots in books?

A TOP APP IN THE

EDUCATION CATEGORY ON

iTUNES

Actually taking care of a Horse as a game

A TOP APP IN THE GAMES CATEGORY ON iTUNES

I wish things were so Hunky Dory

This game has earned 3000 CRORES within 10 days of its launch

YUP, IT’S ABOUT FIGHTING A WAR

There IS VIOLENCE and AGGRESSION in games

But like all bad things, Parents need to Curate that

Saying NO to games makes kids play them even MORE

But if Gaming was a subject and made to be studied?

Imagine a Science EXAM on this game

Asking Kids Questions on Probability, Maths, Physics and more!

Games make KIDS THINK

And that’s what EDUCATION is supposed to do

And that’s what WE HAVE TO EMBRACE

Thank you

Alok Kejriwalalok@games2win.com@rodinhood (twitter)