Archive: march 20, 2008
Computer games are put to the test
When the bell rang for the start of school at St Columba's primary in Dundee pupils didn't put their computer games away - they switched them on. For 10 weeks, one lucky class spent the first 20 minutes of the day playing with hand-held games consoles running so-called "brain training" software. It was part of a pilot run by the curriculum body Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS). more ...
View full article at "The Serious Games Blog"
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