SLM521SP03
Elective: Games
My original plan was to get on the Internet and play games for an hour. Two hours later, I am finally writing my summary, and that is only because my brother needed his computer. I have two distinct feelings about these on-line games. First of all, they are addictive. I know I would have continued playing longer if my brother hadn’t wanted his computer! I now understand why my students spend so much time on the computer at night. Secondly, I think the two player games may be inappropriate for younger children. I will explain that later when I discuss the one game that I played. I feel that parents need to monitor the games their children play!
I first played the game Word
Whomp. I found this game on the Pogo site, http://www05.pogo.com/.
This is a word game that has three levels, and you make words! I can honestly
say that I was impressed with this game and gained in knowledge from it! There
were many vocabulary words that I didn’t know!
I started with the Word Whomp
game, because I was intimidated to play with someone else on-line. I enjoyed
this game and will play again. I am not sure why I was so apprehensive about
playing a game on-line with someone else, but I was. I know tons of people who
do it al the time and love it. I think I was scared of what they would say!
I then played the game Dots
with another player at the Yahoo game site, http://games.yahoo.com
. I won once and lost another time. This was my first experience and enjoyed
it, but found the comments from the person I was playing with a little rude. I
had fun, but at the same time found the language used inappropriate for younger
children!
Over all my experience was a
positive one! I just hope that I don’t use these games as a
procrastination route!