E-Learning Games January 19, 2011
Posted by elearningtyro in : Guest posts , add a commentThis guest post is contributed by Elias Cortez, who is a freelance writer and the editor of www.topnetbookpicks.com – a website which provides reviews and information for netbook computers. Learn more about the world of netbooks at his website.
Online education has become a well maintained version of education which combines teaching, learning, and technological communication systems. Electronic learning takes place both in the classroom and outside of the classroom. With new software, children of all grades can attend computer lab classes and utilize the electronic systems to learn from a variety of subjects. Outside of the classroom, electronic learning commences in the form of online courses where students are not required to take courses in a classroom setting, but rather an online version of a classroom inclusive of homework, tests, study materials, and interactive community games.
Whether the learning is web-based or computer-based, e-learning establishes classroom opportunities virtually as well as digitally. Through CD-ROMS and the internet, children are delivered e-learning content, including e-learning games. Without using computer software, e-learning games are available for students of all grades on the web. For basic learning activities geared toward younger children, there are sites such as Fun with Spot, Crayola, Bob the Builder, NatGeo Kids, Dr. Seuss’ University, as well as Ben & Jerry’s Fun Stuff. As far as categories are concerned there are games online for animal learning, art, coloring, comics, crafts, dinosaurs, history, math, music, literature, English, science, space, books, sports, television, architecture, computers, life skills, health, as well as environmental skills.
Websites offering e-learning games about animals include Petcyclopedia, Bow Wow Meow, Animal Planet, Planet Pets, and OWL Kids. As far as art is concerned, KinderArt, Haring Kids, Metropolitan Museum, Animation Learning, Color Matters, Rudiments of Wisdom, and Cartoon Critters each offer e-learning games for grades K-12. Comics which include e-learning games include Tarzan, Calvin & Hobbes, Peanuts, Fat Cats, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and Garfield. Coloring is taught through e-learning games from Sesame Street, Scooby Doo, Arther the Aardvark, Fisher-Price Coloring, NASA Kids, Magic School Bus, and Peanuts Coloring Book.
E-learning games for learning about dinosaurs include Curse of T Rex, Discovering Dinosaurs, Jurassic Park Institute, Walking with Dinosaurs, Follow a Fossil, and Dinorama. Crafts are taught through interactive e-learning games from KinderArt, Magic School Bus, Let’s Try Origami, Balloon Twisting, Elmer’s Glue Crafts, and Out of the Box. History is taught through Maya Adventure, Triumph of the Nerds, 1900 House, Color Me Egypt, Enter the Middle Ages, History of Video Games, The Revolutionaries, America’s Story, and Life in Ancient Civilizations. Math games are found at Math Stories, Math Advantage, Figure This!, Escape from Knab, A+ Math, Cool Math, Brain Bashers, and Math Goodies.
Children of all levels can continue their musical education through e-learning games from Amanda’s Melodies, Disney Music, Play Music, Music Genre Sampler, Learn About Instruments, Intro to Reading Music, Guitar Lesson World, and Creating Music. Science tips are found from Cool Science, Strange Science, Extreme Science, Brain Pop, Amusement Park Physics, Exploring Leonardo, Skateboard Science, Volcanoes, and Your Weight on Other Worlds. Space education is expounded upon through games from Amazing Space, NASA Observatorium, Space Camp, Space Kids, Astronomy for Kids, Sea & Sky, Understanding the Universe, Star Child, and You Wanna Be an Astronaut?
