[Wolves] Eductional Games

[kev adams]

On Tuesday 11 Jan 2005 00:33, Andy Wootton wrote:

>
> Don't underestimate them. Throw them into real software as soon as you
> can. If you give the 7 year-old a 20 minute lesson on OpenOffice I'd bet
> she'll be able to support her parents for all but the most difficult
> problems.

I've experienced very similar myself - I was trying to teach my girlfriends 
son (who was then 8 years old) how to use a web browser in simple stages so 
as not to confuse him.  My girl friend later told me that he'd been helping 
her out whenever she'd got stuck & would impatiently jump in to do stuff that 
he'd picked up just watching me.

I'll backup Kevan's support for frozen bubble too - far too addictive for 
daytime use ;~)

Did anyone catch that program on TV last night which showed that four year old 
kids who'd been exposed to computer games had developed much better problem 
solving skills than those that hadn't.  I think I'd question allowing a four 
year old to play Halo but I've always thought that the advantages of playing 
computer games get lost in the more frequent bad press.

kev