Maths games, Learning In Disguise

The top ten educational games are published each month by www.keen2learn.co.uk The list changes as schools move through the National Curriculum, but the game that has stayed in the number one spot for the last three months is one based on maths resources. The game is called Crystal Rain Forest  and uses maths in a variety of guises. It is a favourite at school and has attracted a huge following at home where kids want to continue to play their favourite game. Blowed if I can recall wanting to read a maths text book in my days at school, let alone take it home.

If this serves as an example to what can be achieved we need the skill of games developers to support the educationalists to make the next generation of educational games. Learning in schools could get a quantum leap through kids playing games because they want to rather than be forced to continually plough through boring text books.