HA games est une société de développement de jeux vidéo éducatifs destinés aux enfants qui, plutôt que d’écouter leurs enseignants, préfèrent jouer avec des jeux vidéo. Selon certains celle-ci serait l’une des caractéristiques des “digital natives’”, les enfants nés dans l’ère du numérique qui ne pourraient pas se passer des nouvelles technologies, même quand il s’agit d’apprentissages traditionnels et scolaires (pas ceux appelés ’soft skills’ et attribués à la pratique des jeux et d’autres activités non scolaires).
Et donc, parmi ces jeux on trouvera:
Waste of space. Can you pilot a star ship? Master the physics of space travel as you rack up points.
MeChem. How good are you at Materials Science? Can you make a mech that stands up to the test and beat your friends?
EleMental. Know your elements? Stack-em and combine them into compounds.
Algebrarcade. Beat the game – learn equations! The most fun you’ll ever have with algebra.
“Liemandt Foundation, funds the Hidden Agenda program and the HAGames site with the help of a fabulous cast of advisors and partners. The Liemandt Foundation is dedicated to facilitating, testing, and promoting “stealth education” video games so that they can make learning fun for kids who might enjoy playing games more than listening to teachers. Don’t get us wrong – we love teachers! And parents! In fact, we hope they’ll check out these HAGames and show them to all of their favorite kids! We have a feeling everyone will appreciate this new way to help middle schoolers learn tough subjects that may not “stick” as well through memorization or by reading a textbook. Especially since we are committed to offering these games to kids for free, forever.”