Video+Game+Critique

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=Overview=

“Fishdom H2O Hidden Odyssey” is an educational game. It is not a serious game; however, it is fun to play even for adults and especially for children who have an interest in learning and developing new vocabularies in English. The game is educational in that it helps players study many English vocabularies by engaging then to search for different objects under the sea. It is a great game for E.S.L students to enjoy and study at the same time. =Objective of the game=

The objective of this game is to maintain a beautiful fish tank by diving into the deep sea to search for different hidden objects. In return for identifying the correct objects under the sea, the player earns more money to buy decorative plants and fish for the beautiful fish tank. =Instructional Objective=

In term of educational instruction, this game can be incorporated in biology and English subjects. By playing this game, players learn to make decisions, train the eyes, and understand how to maintain living for the fish, learn English vocabularies, and use instructional technology on the Internet to assist learning and practice reading basic passages throughout the different levels. Similar skills required students to obtain from the some of national standards listed in academic settings. I observed that the player has to read and identify different hidden objects in the game. The player learns how to train the eyes to see all objects. An application of this game in an English classroom may be that the teacher allows students to play the game; afterward, students are to reflect the new vocabularies learned throughout each level. Students also can draw the objects based on the new vocabularies in the game to demonstrate their comprehension.