Consolarium is something new from Learning and Teaching Scotland, an "executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Scottish Government". So nearly-government. It's also based in Dundee, the spiritual home of Grand Theft Auto, no less.
We all learn through play.
Of course, in our early years playing games is the fundamental method of learning (read our case studies on active learning in early years). And it's not something we leave behind as we grow older. The context may change but children, young people and adults learn a lot from playing games, whether singly or as part of a team.
Now technology offers an ever-growing variety of digital games - played on computers, games consoles, over the internet and on mobile phones.
They've got some nice starting-point resource data up: blogs, books, research. Useful for teachers - and a progressive move by the Scottish (nearly-) government. Jolly good.
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