Simulations In The Classroom Analysis

Our engaging simulation allows students to both compete and cooperate with each other in a multiplayer game that is partially physical. Students experiment with different government set-ups and solutions to social and physical issues without real life consequences. Students are incentivised by their own small businesses and own their creations in the game. Shared objectives (Pandemic style) to keep the virtual people healthy and happy are hard to achieve but require teamwork to meet common objectives. Students have an emotional investment in the outcome of their cities and companies, similar to role playing, but the role you are playing is as yourself. Although not on-par with commercial graphics and action we exceed in social engagement, strategy, complexity, and time on task (school time) unlike many games on the market today.

academic performance, but I would like to explain the circumstances. I knew that this semester I can finally learn about nursing topics and do clinicals in the simulation classrooms. I was very excited and I still I am. I thought I could handle the workload, and I still think I could have, except that in the middle of the semester, I had problems with my house mates at the dorms. There were huge arguments that lead to my two house mates despising each other and arguing constantly. I know that it shouldn’t concern me because it is their problem; however, my home environment affecting my study habits. There was heavy pressure in the air and an aura of anger that radiated off my house mate. I was distracted by trying to solve the situation because two of my closest friends refuse to see the other side of the story. Even when I was at school, I was very distracted with my home situation and was unable to focus on my schoolwork. I understand that I should have communicated with my professors or seek assistance to solve the situation earlier on.

One of the greatest benefits for technology is developing human relationship. The information age today has created conditions for people to communicate, share interests, ideas, jobs with modern media- The growing number of internet, including social networks. It can be said that social networking connects people all over the world, shortens space, time and promotes international co-operation. Social networking is one of the best ways to introduce yourself to everyone. Introducing your own personality, interests and views on social networks can help us find opportunities for personal development. We can know a lot about friends and families by making friends on social networks. We can also meet and interact with everyone in the world with similar interests or views. From there, they can build better relationships or cooperate in many aspects (Cotter,2015). In the Teens, Technology and Friendships(2015) demonstrates that “ For American teens, making friends isn’t just confined to the school yard, playing field or neighborhood – many are making new friends online. Fully 57% of teens ages 13 to 17 have made a new friend online, with 29% of teens indicating that they have made more than five new friends in online venues.” Along with the development of science and technology, the application of modern technology to the educational process is indispensable. The effectiveness of using technology, modern teaching equipment in the education process has been confirmed in practice, especially the ability to make lectures become lively, teachers can orientate,access to a rich source of knowledge.In his article entitled “Journal of Learning Sciences” John Belcher(2005) claims that according to IT industry experts, the flat world of the globalization era requires dynamic people who master technology, capture and process information. Therefore, the way teaching and learning also change in the direction of active learning. Teachers and learners must interact frequently, before, during and after school. Today's students are no longer afraid of the lack of documents and materials for knowledge development, because they are all available in the vast archives of the internet. Enhance excitement and motivation of learner. Create

As the Chinese proverb reminds us, people learn best when they can participate actively in the learning process instead of merely reading texts or listening to lectures. Simulations and role-playing activities offer another benefit to students and employees, not only enabling them to gain real-world experience but do so without incurring potentially expensive, harmful, or even fatal consequences. Doctors do not have to worry about life-threatening errors made on virtual patients, information technology employees can test hardware with virtual models, and call center workers can make several attempts to handle situations correctly when they practice with virtual customers (Zielinski, 2010).

Video games get a bad name for themselves because some people will spend hours in front of a screen working towards a virtual goal. They are blamed way too often for making kids violent and giving them an unrealistic view of the real world. Video games such as Atari’s Pong and Tomohiro Nishikado’s Space Invaders only had one objective (Welch). Now there are games like Fallout 3 and Assassin 's Creed where there are many objectives, puzzles, and achievable items. When video games were first made they were seen as mindless entertainment for young and even middle-aged people. Now, there are games that give you entertainment, but also educate you in a fun and creative way. Video games should be played more because there are many lessons and educative tools used to help people learn and think while playing and also having fun. According to an article published by the private University of Rochester, cognitive scientists did a study on fast-paced games like Call of Duty and Battlefield, and they help players be able to think on the move and multitask. They also help students in classrooms by giving them the ability to have a better understanding of core materials and take tests easier. The human brain learns easier and retains information better when it is excited or entertained while learning. Video games such as the Assassin’s Creed Series can help someone learn about history and solve puzzles while enjoying every

Moreover, simulation exercises are highly useful in the society today because they help one learn a lot about human behavior, hence this enables us know how to relate and skillfully negotiate with others in the real world. I also concurred with the author that simulations do not enclose us to theory alone, but also makes and trains us to be practical beings, since we are able to put what we have learnt in class into practice. I found it intriguing and educative that the author gave an example of a case study of a simulation in a three-way war within the fictional country of Zodora to explain further and help us understand broadly how a simulation exercise is carried out following certain procedures and outcomes. Finally, I agreed with the author in terms of making the case study look more realistic rather than unrealistic, in order for it to have more value either as a teaching tool or as a means for generating

3. Simulation studies aid in providing understanding about how a system really operates rather than indicating an individual's predictions about how a system will operate

This book looks at the educational level of what video games have to teach us. Gee analyze what a good video game are, which possessive the characteristics of being hard, long, and complex. Furthermore, the game develops complex challenges, a learning potential, and steady struggles in the game leading to be

The education system has come a long way from the way it once began. It simply started as a means of teaching and providing institution, but now educators are hoping to shift gears and reform the education system to create a more interactive learning system by allowing students to produce creative and innovative ideas. Gaming has been one of the most frequent ways of attempting to implement that shift in a classroom.

Most educators are familiar with the potential benefit of using technology for learning. Some say it will make students smarter, it will be faster and cheaper than the traditional approach to learning. While educators contemplate what technology to use, and how to use it, they usually resort to multimedia computers, projectors and smart boards, often overlooking video games. In retrospect, many educator look at software that support specific subject area content. For example, math teachers examine software that could be used to do math computation, English teacher choose software geared toward language. With this being the case, teachers limited the use of technology in the classroom to specific kinds of devices and software. Technological devices such as video games and consoles are often ignored. In reality, young adults spend many hours, perhaps when they should be studying, playing video games on smartphones, X-Box, and PlayStation 3. The aim of this paper is to discuss the use of video games in education for learning.

As technology changes each generation, so does choice of pastime. The most notable one being a kid’s obsession with video games, spending hours glued to the monitor. Instead of fighting it, educators around the nation are accepting and adopting the video game interest to their classrooms. Many may argue that videogames are a distraction and are too violent, however, if implemented in school systems the games used will be safe and focused around the core subject. Otherwise, “there are teachers out there that are interested in leveraging game for learning, they 're not alone.” as the director of the academic and digital learning Lucas Gillispie says, It makes it logical to implement video games to the class lesson as it provides a fun and effective way for students to learn with.

Social media is frequently looked at as the ultimate driver of communications. Because of this, social media technology, there has been a change in how educators are teaching their students. “A growing number of schools and teachers are utilizing social media in the classroom to further engage students in the learning process. Social media is a tool that teachers can use to make their classroom more engaging,

In recent years the social networking is has increased by the use of smart phones and laptops. Many school students are attracted to this and spend most of their time on this social networking sites. A study by researchers at University of Minnesota "found that, of the students observed, 94% used the internet, 82% go online at home and 77% had a profile on a social networking site."(University of Minnesota, 2008). According to a survey that was conducted by Whitmore School of Business and Economics and by the University of New Hampshire, they interviewed 1,127 college students. Among these students, “96%” of them use “Facebook”, 8.4 out of 10 use “YouTube”, “20 %” use “blog”, 1.4 out of 10 of them use “Twitter”, “12 %” use “MySpace”, and 1 out of 10 of them use “LinkedIn”. Also, “81%” of college students “use social sites”.(http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Problem-Statement-In-Social-Networking/195290)

We have gotten in contact with many different educators to ask what they thought about the learning capability through video games. ”Video games are playing an increasing role in school curricula as teachers seek to deliver core lessons such as math and reading—not to mention new skills such as computer programming—in a format that holds their students’ interests. Some herald this gamification of education as the way of the future and a tool that allows students to take a more active role in learning as they develop the technology skills they need to succeed throughout their academic and professional careers.” (Malykhina 1) Most all of these educators had flashbacks to times when they played games such as “School House Rock” and “The Oregon Trail” either when they were in school or while teaching in their early years. We were reassured that they thought gaming could be used a pivotal tool in the educating of young students. We developed the Ninesis Gaming System to link up as many controllers as needed for a whole class; along with this we have developed a projector peripheral that links with the system through Bluetooth that would be placed at the vertices between the wall and the

A 7th grade teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts says Education through meaningful real-world play and exploration is what his pre-k-8 school is built upon. He embraces and been wildly successful with digital game-based education in his classroom for the past 7 years. He believes that he should pair up each student to play on one computer and each team plays the role of a country, he has also played the game as a whole class via one computer and a projector. There are many benefits to playing Diplomacy in the classroom versus his traditional instructional worksheet work, one of the strongest is the students explore and interact with the scenario-at-hand such as political causes of WWI.