James Paul Gee, professor at the University of Wisconsin and author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy, argues that games can be the ultimate learning machine. “Video games operate with – that is, they build into their designs and encourage – good principles of learning, principles that are better than those in many of our skill-and-drill, back-to-bassics, test-them-until-they-drop schools.”

“The fact is when kids play video games they can experience a much more powerful form of learning than when they’re in the classroom. Learning isn’t about memorizing isolated facts. It’s about connecting and manipulating them.”

At KidConfidence, we agree. What’s missing is a way for parents to find games that are learning machines, and avoid games that are time wasters. And that’s why we’re here to help!