Games and Simulation

Computers can be used in ICT as tutor which means the teacher can select a software or ask the students to enter a site and explore the new topic in a computer directed mode.

What categories can the teacher use to help the students learn? There are many possibilities and two of them are using Games and Simulation.




Using these ways in learning turns the education to an enjoyable process which means the students will be motivated and learns by themselves.

I think it's not easy to select the game or simulation for a specific topic since that may depends on the age of the students, cultural background of the students, and many other factors.

• Games
  Here are some samples of games that can be used in education:
  
  • Number Balloons
  • Food Chain
  • Reef of Lost Words
  
  These games are clear and created in flash so they must be accessible on almost all computers connected to the internet.
  They first and second games are easy while the third is more difficult but they are enjoyable to the students to play and learn.
  
  You can visit this site to find some interesting educational games.
  
  
• Simulation
  When we learned for ICDL at MOE, we used a software created by Adobe Director. It was a simulation of Microsoft Office, and it made us learning the whole topics -seven topics- in one week, while other teachers needed more than two months of teacher directed model.
  Simulation is used in pilot practice programs as well to bypass loses when accidents happen. The same can be applied in education like in teaching networking topics, since we may save budget and don't need to supply miles of wires to just cut them.