LudoScience

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Support : Conférences
Author(s) : Julian Alvarez
Editor : Centre culturel Odyssud, Blagnac, 21 avril
Date : 2007
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Description

For many children, video games are an important part of their free time.

For parents who don't feel they have a place in this activity, they often prefer to limit the amount of time they use it. This role of regulator is very important to avoid excess. However, parents can also play an exciting role: that of mediator.

Parents can help their children take a step back from this playful activity and help them to understand the nature of digital images and their meanings, to decode the messages conveyed - in short, to teach them how to read this object.

Seen from this angle, video games can then become a subject for discussion on a variety of themes that are enriching for everyone. The aim of this meeting/debate is therefore to go beyond the question of “Should we be afraid of video games?”, and instead ask “How can we help our children to understand video games?

Julian Alvarez will introduce us to “Serious games”, educational and informative video games to illustrate this approach.

Keywords : Serious game, Message, Mediation, Digital literacy, Video game, Education

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