I'm being serious here, because in Assassin's Creed II it drops a few realistic parts to counterbalance the fiction. Along with Call of Duty Finest Hour with cutscenes that are pretty much like watching something on the History Channel.
Would Playing video games count as studying?
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It all depends on the game. There are certain games that are meant to be educational like the My ____ Coaches. Other games need a fact check or two before you can take them seriously and, others still are just bananas.
I wouldn't rely on games to fully educate you though. My Japanese Coach was only partially effective but then, I mainly played it during that one quarter...or semester...when I took Japanese classes. The Assassin's Creed series I would take with a silo of salt since record keeping in the 18th century bad enough. Record keeping in the 15th/16th can't have been much better.
Still, experience is experience. Take it where you can find it. Just make sure you fact check before you start quoting it to others lest you get smacked down by the dreaded Know-it-all.
I wouldn't rely on games to fully educate you though. My Japanese Coach was only partially effective but then, I mainly played it during that one quarter...or semester...when I took Japanese classes. The Assassin's Creed series I would take with a silo of salt since record keeping in the 18th century bad enough. Record keeping in the 15th/16th can't have been much better.
Still, experience is experience. Take it where you can find it. Just make sure you fact check before you start quoting it to others lest you get smacked down by the dreaded Know-it-all.
Back in my elementary school days my computer lab instructor had us play many educational games like Mario Teaches Typing and Oregon Trail. Not only did the class have fun, but we also learned some basic skills and information that would come in useful later on in life.
So yes, it's possible to use video and computer games for studying. The trick is to strike a good balance between education and fun.
So yes, it's possible to use video and computer games for studying. The trick is to strike a good balance between education and fun.
I think gaming is a good way to pick up general knowledge same as the TV. For actual historical fact you want to get the most recent book you can on the subject and background check the author.
You can masturbate all you want it's still not the same as sex. That being said, you will gain some knowledge when playing games, but you should really study/try the real thing.
There are certainly better ways of learning about Florence, Italy than walking around in Assassin's Creed II...but there are also worse.
my friend, you haven't been here long if you haven't watched extra credits:killamanhunter said:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/3167-Gamifying-Education
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/2985-Gamification
both of these episodes talk about using video games to educate. very enlightening. i really recommend watching as many of these as ya can dude- you'll understand video games so much more than ya did before.
No. I see studying as actively applying yourself to learn a specific subject. Me sitting in a library for five hours working on my organic chemistry is studying. Me learning Newton's Second Law while wandering around The Citadel in Mass Effect 2 isn't studying.
Do you learn from games? Sure. I learn from all sorts of things: conversations, hearing a certain line in a song, watching a baseball game (I swear I'm only good at statistics because I'm a hardcore baseball nerd), and so on. You wouldn't call it studying then, would you?
Do you learn from games? Sure. I learn from all sorts of things: conversations, hearing a certain line in a song, watching a baseball game (I swear I'm only good at statistics because I'm a hardcore baseball nerd), and so on. You wouldn't call it studying then, would you?
If you're trying to argue this to a teacher this is the ONLY way any decent teacher will except your arguement (I write this as a teacher btw)
You notice a realistic tidbit or historical fact in your game and think "Hmm that's interesting".
**VERY IMPORTANT STEP** You willingly research background information on said fact or tidbit using whatever resources you deem necessary.
You find some way of demonstrating what you learned (report, oral discussion, poster, whatever you want).
Not only will you impress the heck out of your teacher but you'll help defend the argument that there is educational merit to playing video games. A lot of teachers see video games as a "deterrent" from "actual school work" but doing something like this will definitely make these teachers re-think that philosophy and maybe even find ways of assigning them as "homework"
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Alternatively, though this is just a personal taste, if any student demonstrated knowledge by playing Civilization... I'm instantly impressed xD.
You notice a realistic tidbit or historical fact in your game and think "Hmm that's interesting".
**VERY IMPORTANT STEP** You willingly research background information on said fact or tidbit using whatever resources you deem necessary.
You find some way of demonstrating what you learned (report, oral discussion, poster, whatever you want).
Not only will you impress the heck out of your teacher but you'll help defend the argument that there is educational merit to playing video games. A lot of teachers see video games as a "deterrent" from "actual school work" but doing something like this will definitely make these teachers re-think that philosophy and maybe even find ways of assigning them as "homework"
.Alternatively, though this is just a personal taste, if any student demonstrated knowledge by playing Civilization... I'm instantly impressed xD.
During a month-long special course thingy that my school does every year, I took a Virtual History course in which we studied different time periods throughout history...and then played video games to correspond with them. Some examples of what we played: Sid Meier's Pirates, Railroad Tycoon 3, Stronghold 2, Political Machine 2008, and Rome: Total War. Hell, we got bonus points just for READING the manual, and we were expected to play the games during WORK-time at school. And then we all had to create our own (board) game for the fair at the end of the month, in between playing the games.
Ya, it was a good month.
Ya, it was a good month.
Good question. While there are some games meant to teach (Oregon Trail for example), I think that most games are meant for fun, not education. Sure, there may be interesting tib bits of facts scattered around in them like in Assassin's Creed II. But, just because a game has a few facts does not mean it can prepare you for homework or tests. Unless the class is about gaming principles. In which case, where do you go to school? Cause I want in.
Good question. While there are some games meant to teach (Oregon Trail for example), I think that most games are meant for fun, not education. Sure, there may be interesting tib bits of facts scattered around in them like in Assassin's Creed II. But, just because a game has a few facts does not mean it can prepare you for homework or tests. Unless the class is about gaming principles. In which case, where do you go to school? Cause I want in.
Edit: Rrrrgh. Ignore this post.
Edit: Rrrrgh. Ignore this post.
