Today we debated whether video games in education should be used. All in all the team debating against video games won. We had a variety of points, such as games ebing violent, aggression, expensive and no creative development.
We discussed that technology today wasn't good enough to support the precise movements needed to develop fine motor skills in children in order to support the development of these skills in games.
Technology in each classroom would also be far too expensive for each school to have. It advances so quickly by the time something was bought, a new version would be released.
The debate went well, both teams made counter-arguments and made valid points. Cheeky research took place when Becta was mentioned. It turns out Becta was abolished in 2010 after the new government took office.
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