Educational Gaming Industry
At a young age, I was surrounded by educational games in Maths, Science, Spelling, problem solving and even Art!
Playing many of these games inspired me to learn these subjects while I was at school as I had learnt some topics while playing these games and therefore is a major reason as to why I decided to make my Arduino Maths game project.
Games like 'I love Math', 'I love Spelling' and 'I love Science' were very entertaining games that I enjoyed playing.
Unfortunately, it seems as though the market for educational games has died down, while technology is continually changing, the curriculum for school children is still the same. With the amount of technology used daily, children find more interactive ways to learn rather than old textbooks however schools either do not realise this or are not equipped to handle the change.
Therefore it may seem that the industry has died down but this is mainly because most educational gaming companies find more success in selling their games privately without the restrictions of the curriculum rather than make games specifically for school learning - this way the creators are allowed to have creative freedom.
An example of this is a game named, DragonBoxAlgebra which teaches children algebra from a young age in a completely different way to how teachers are tackling this topic. This company has made many versions of this game, one which has been targeted towards 5 year olds. With the increase in technology, children are becoming smarter at a younger age due to the mass amount of information they can get hold of easily. This means that it is possible to teach 5 year olds basic algebra concepts if done in a fun interactive way - which is beneficial to them in the future. Unfortunately school's do not recognise this and therefore teachers find it difficult when wanting to choose a fun educational game as they are not 100% sure in what they are looking for.
Bibliography & References
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEMXfx4t28Q
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uua7Xx5iCWw
[3] http://dragonbox.com/products/algebra-5
[4] https://venturebeat.com/2015/06/24/making-educational-games-is-tough-especially-if-you-want-to-make-money/
Playing many of these games inspired me to learn these subjects while I was at school as I had learnt some topics while playing these games and therefore is a major reason as to why I decided to make my Arduino Maths game project.
Games like 'I love Math', 'I love Spelling' and 'I love Science' were very entertaining games that I enjoyed playing.
Unfortunately, it seems as though the market for educational games has died down, while technology is continually changing, the curriculum for school children is still the same. With the amount of technology used daily, children find more interactive ways to learn rather than old textbooks however schools either do not realise this or are not equipped to handle the change.
Therefore it may seem that the industry has died down but this is mainly because most educational gaming companies find more success in selling their games privately without the restrictions of the curriculum rather than make games specifically for school learning - this way the creators are allowed to have creative freedom.
An example of this is a game named, DragonBoxAlgebra which teaches children algebra from a young age in a completely different way to how teachers are tackling this topic. This company has made many versions of this game, one which has been targeted towards 5 year olds. With the increase in technology, children are becoming smarter at a younger age due to the mass amount of information they can get hold of easily. This means that it is possible to teach 5 year olds basic algebra concepts if done in a fun interactive way - which is beneficial to them in the future. Unfortunately school's do not recognise this and therefore teachers find it difficult when wanting to choose a fun educational game as they are not 100% sure in what they are looking for.
Bibliography & References
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEMXfx4t28Q
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uua7Xx5iCWw
[3] http://dragonbox.com/products/algebra-5
[4] https://venturebeat.com/2015/06/24/making-educational-games-is-tough-especially-if-you-want-to-make-money/
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