NJR: Video Games on UK Curriculums

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Telegraph: Pupils to be given lessons in video games

Video games are likely to become part of the school curriculum after research funded by the Department for Education praised them as a powerful learning tool. It may surprise parents struggling to control children's addiction, but games on computers and consoles were found to be "a compelling learning resource". "The strategies for successful game-playing are increasingly complex, sophisticated, challenging and cerebral. This edges games towards the very heart of where learning is headed," said Lord Puttnam, the film maker and Government adviser, who launched the report yesterday...more...