iED summit 2015 - Game Based Learning

                In this blog I will be talking about the 2015 iED Summit that will be held in Paris. I will be focusing on the topic of game based learning. Game based learning is a a great and innovative way to help children grow. It captures a child's attention and of course makes the educaional material easier and more fun to learn.

                The purpose of this topic is to talk about the importance of technology in education. Most people in this village did not have access to education. Most of the people who lived in the village were illiterate. The tablets were used to help prevent this trend. It was quite amazing to see how technology is used to curb illiteracy. More on this can be found at mediagrid.org.

                One of the biggest obstacles in this remote village was the fact that most of the adults were illiterate. If the adults were illiterate how were they expected to teach kids to not be illiterate? The mobile technology allowed the students to learn from sources that were not illiterate. Also children are naturally curious creatures. They will find a way to learn if they are given the chance.

                The benefits of this mobile technology learning is that it gives hope to their remote village. Their village has been most likely remained remote because the adults in that village are not educated enough to change it. Her approach is a fundamentally different way to combat this set of issues. If the children are able to learn to read without access to schools then they have a chance to further themselves. More on this can be found at mediagrid.org

                Even for kids who do have access to school there is still benefit to mobile technology. Some of the schooling given is so inadequate that there still is a high chance that a child may not learn the necessary literary skills. The tablets at least help the children develop an ability to be able to read in some literary manner.

                This video shows the power of mobile technology. A boy is educating himself through using the tablet. Although there are no physical teachers around the possibility of an education is still possible. It is quite amazing to see this happening. A young boy is able to teach himself the alphabet. Others are able to learn colors through the tablets.

This is an assignment from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Collaborative Computing. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc