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5 Benefits of video games for children
Video games are increasingly popular and the video game industry has grown so much in recent years that it is bigger than the movie and music industry combined. Despite the risks resulting from the misuse of video games, the fear of having too much screen time and the subsequent rejection by some parents who try to prevent their children from playing, the truth is that moderate use of video games provides different benefits for child development.
Minecraft, the educational video game which helps children learning to code
Minecraft is a programmable game that we can modify through programming. It is a flexible and creative game which motivates children a lot, and all these incentives can be used to learn to code, among many other things. To understand the wide range of educational possibilities that it offers: in Minecraft we can work on basic electronics concepts with Redstone, students’ creativity when building their own world or learning programming using JavaScript.
Does everyone need to learn programming?
You may think programming is too complicated for a child, but it is actually quite the contrary. Adults have often prejudices that difficult their learning process. Instead, children have a totally open attitude and are much more receptive, specially while using a learning method which is based on games. Moreover, learning programming has lots of benefits beyond being able to follow a STEM career, since it helps children developing transferable skills that are useful in any field such as computational thinking.
“La Serreta” and “the pros program” become the winners of the first Schrödinger activity.
«Phosphine on Venus. Is it possible to inhabit the planet?» was the headline starting the story of a group of scientists and their expedition to Venus to discover on the ground whether it would be possible for humans to live there or not. The arrival of the expedition to Venus is full of setbacks, the first of which is the impossibility of entering the Space Station. From that moment, the participating clans became part of the group of scientists and had to start making decisions that would lead them to overcome different challenges depending on their choices. These challenges were exercises including mathematics, logical thinking, basic programming ideas and other skills.
Christmas Contest
November is coming to an end, which means we can start thinking about Christmas. If you are one of our students you already know that we like to celebrate it with our Christmas Contest, so get ready to show us all your creativity and Christmas spirit. Students can participate by making three different types of content: drawing with Logo, programming a Christmas card with Scratch or filming a Video.