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PC games used to teach kids

School has certainly changed. There was a time when lessons were aided by a swift slap around the head but these days you are just as likely to see PC games used to teach the little ‘uns. Myst, the devilishly clever and ridiculously difficult, adventure PC game series is being used by one teacher at the Chew Magna Primary School in Bristol, UK. Before you start snorting in derision though, the teacher in question recently bagged the “Best use of Technology in the Classroom" award from Becta (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency). Myst3aHooking up the laptop to a projector and firing it onto a whiteboard, Myst is being used to teach creative skills, from problem solving to writing about the game and what it might mean. He’s been using the Myst series for six years and classes them as mind-enhancing games as opposed to mind-numbing. So, no chance of Doom 3: "Undead Stopping Power - Chainsaw versus Shotgun: Discuss." Didn't think so.

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