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Great Post. Being a business education teacher, I'm always searching for quality business simulation games for my students because it's a great way to give them real world entrepreneurial, financial, and management experiences. However, many of the free business simulation games that I've experienced are limited to being more interactive than simulation based. Schools should be investing in more technology based activities instead of continuing to pour money into new textbooks. And not only for the courses that I teach.
Computer simulation activities benefit every subject in schools. From math, to literacy, to science, the use of simulations can help students learn complex content. I especially like the fact that was mentioned in the post of how professionals use simulations all the time. From doctors simulating the effects of drugs, to weather forecasters simulating the effects of climate change. In a lot of ways simulation is like performance based activities because they require students to be actively engaged in the learning process. Non-traditional ways in which students learn today is primarily through technology. Schools have to catch up. Many school administrators are so afraid of students misusing their cell phones or computers because they may cause a distraction to their learning process, that they are unwilling and unable to understand the endless opportunities that exist for students to continue to learn and grow in this technology driven society.
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