How Computer Games Help Children Learn

July 11th, 2008 at 08:35am Michael Cermak

Developing a skilled workforce is a complex puzzle. Employers desire employees to have a specific skill, but that is only one piece to the puzzle. Case and point: What happens when the well trained employee cannot show up to work on time?

Author David Williamson Shaffer wrote How Computer Games Help Children Learn. He puts forth that beyond training we have to “bring the thinking, practices, and cultures of various professions into school learning.” (quote from Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University, Taiwan)

As District 205’s new Academic Career Education High School (ACE) starts it inaugural year the intent is to embrace Shaffer’s philosophy. ACE High School students will get exposed to life outside the classroom to see first hand the practices, values and cultures of a particular career. We believe when our students graduate they will have the skills and the mindset to be a success in our community.

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