Saturday, April 17, 2010

Week 14: Using games for teaching

In this lecture we discussed how using games and fun activites can be a great way to teach. Now-a-days the internet and gaming world has taken over kids and young adults lifes. So inorder to keep the attention of students teachers are able to do it in a fun, entertaining way.
Some examples of games to use to teach are:

Second life is a 3-d virtual world that enables teachers to teach via the web. Students can interact with other students and teachers via second life.

Leap Frog is a video game type thing that kids can use to increase their knowlegde about basic things...like math, reading, colors, numbers and letters.


THis video shows how using Leap Frog teaches children the alphabet in a fun and entertaining way.

How this relates to PR:
This relates to PR because it can come in handy with ways to teach upcoming PR majors new things about the PR industry. It also can influence a PR agency to use new and innovative ways to reach their consumers, by using fun, entertaining things to attract peoples attention and time.

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