Contact with Educational Games

One additional component in the curriculum of JUNIORS A is "Exploration". There is a folder in the computer which the child is called upon to "explore". This Exploration folder contains a continuously up-dated plethora of educational programs, games and various shareware which the child is invited to freely play with and learn from through his own spontaneous initiative. The educational emphasis here centers on developing in the child a spirit of experimentation and exploration. In addition, through "Exploration" children are kept well informed about general developments in the field of IT.

But there is yet another function of the "games" exploration file, in that it may be used by the instructor as a means of class management. The educational games, on the one hand, function as an incentive for students to finish their class project. While on the other hand, they keep the speedier students creatively engaged until all the rest finish their class project. This way the instructor will have all the students together, moving in unison when starting to the next project.