When it comes to helping people learn in a manner that’s both engaging and helpful and allows them to retain the knowledge they need, educational games offer numerous benefits. Indeed, these games – which are designed with the intention of helping the player to learn new skills or information – can be a great way to ensure that a topic is thoroughly studied and analyzed. They also improve knowledge retention and the learner’s ability to understand the new content being presented to them.
Educational games are not a new concept; indeed, these games have been played for hundreds if not thousands of years as a means of teaching people – in particular, children and young people –new skills and information. Educational games are highly prevalent in the history of teaching each generation new skills; however, the rapid growth of digital gaming in recent decades has revolutionized the way we use educational games to teach new skills.
Online educational games are by far the most commonly used types of educational games nowadays, and they can be tailored to cater to any age. Indeed, educational games can be relevant not only to children but also to older learners as well. The only difference is in the way the content is presented. For example, HTML5 educational games can be played directly from the browser without the necessity to install or download anything.
The nature of the educational game in question will be highly variable, depending on the learner and the content being taught.
Often, educational games for preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade to 5th grade-aged children and toddlers will be highly simplistic and focus on teaching basic skills that the child will need in their later school years and life. These skills could range from the most basic ones, such as teaching them colors, numbers, or the alphabet, to slightly more complex skills such as how to use punctuation correctly, how to tell the time, and the like. These games for young learners are a great way to keep them engaged throughout the learning process and make it easier for them to develop essential life skills without having to pressure the child into work.
As learners grow and move through school grades and past the 5th grade, the type of educational game content they will engage with will invariably change. Eventually, a simple match-squares puzzle won’t be enough to keep them engaged with the game. As a result, older learners (in high school or beyond) often have more immersive educational gaming experiences. These games are often much more focused on a certain subject area. By this point in their lives, however, educational games may have a somewhat lesser role to play compared to other, more traditional forms of learning such as flashcards and notes.
Educational games are useful in many different settings, and not just from a purely school-based perspective either. Indeed, some employers engage with their staff members by having them partake in an educational game designed to teach new hires about the company’s rules and procedures. Often, these games are used as a way to reinforce the information that has already been provided to the employee by the employer, or perhaps as a means of testing how well the new employee has learned their new role and duties.
Educational games can be used for many different teaching areas, and the act of providing a visual means of engagement makes them highly useful for learners. This makes this method particularly useful for cognitive skills improvement.
Some of the most common skills that educational games are used to teach include the following:
New learners can learn language skills through the use of educational games. Young children can learn to broaden their vocabulary and knowledge of different words, formations, and so on by playing language games. Similarly, older learners looking to learn a new foreign language can also learn in the same way by playing age-appropriate learning games that help to teach different verb formations and word choices in much the same way a young child would learn their native language.
Often, young children learn to develop their numeracy (mathematical) skills through the use of games. This is something seen with both educational digital and traditional games (such as Monopoly, which teaches money management skills). However, for young learners and young children at early school grades (i.e., preschool to 5th grade), digital games can help impart the most basic skills, such as how to count, add and subtract. Shapes, fractions, and other math basics can also be easily taught using this method.
Aside from general skills in mathematics and language, educational games can be highly useful for teaching a specific topic – for example, a certain area of science or a specific period in history – by allowing the learner to engage with the content they are learning.
Educational games are highly important for many learners, regardless of their school grade, age, or the subject they are studying. Educational games can be used to help develop cognitive skills or teach specific subjects such as coding, math, reading and writing, language, and more. This makes them important tools for young and older learners alike. They help learners engage with the subject material by using innovative and interesting techniques to present educational content.
Below is a list of some educational games we have developed lately for educational portals:
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
We developed this game for an educational portal that helps students improve their language skills.
One interesting aspect of this project is that we created a system where the client could make changes to the questions and answers. In addition, the client could create multi variations for the same game by just changing the questions.
Balloon Pop
Balloon Pop is a game that aims to help improve children's speed, cognitive skills, and language skills.
The goal is to pop the balloon that matches the category listed on top.
We offer a great variety of html5 educational games ready to be published. In some cases, we do offer the game's source code under specific licenses. The source code is related to the game engine in which the game was created. For example, if the game was created in Construct 2, the source code will be the .capx file. If the game was created with Unity, the source code will be Unity's project files. And so on.
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