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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 528743" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/gaming/handhelds/images/Nintendo_ds_red-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> In life, work and play are usually clearly separated, but students at one Japanese high school are finding help with their studies from an unlikely and somewhat controversial source - Nintendo's DS games machine.</p><p></p><p>One teacher at <em>Tokyo Joshi Gakuen</em> (Tokyo Academy for Girls) has creatively pushed the traditional school's limits by introducing the handheld into her English classes in a bid to liven up what is typically a dry, impractical subject in Japan.</p><p></p><p><strong>Interactive learning</strong></p><p></p><p>Motoko Okubo's classes of teenage girls use the Nintendo gamer to practise writing English, reinforce vocabulary learning and for listening comprehension.</p><p></p><p>Although the DS program is still just a trial run by Okubo alone, results have been good, with students claiming to be more interested and relating better to the familiar machine than to dusty old books.</p><p></p><p><strong>No toys on us</strong></p><p></p><p>Still, even though the DS is well known for its educational software, some of Okubo's fellow teachers are still unsure of the value of bringing a 'toy' into the classroom.</p><p></p><p>However the trial turns out, the kids still have to return the handhelds at the end of each lesson - the strict rules of the school allow for no 'inessential' items at all; not even Mario and co.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/15a8163/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Nintendo DS helps kids focus in the classroom&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/handheld-accessories/nintendo-ds-helps-kids-focus-in-the-classroom-410176" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Nintendo DS helps kids focus in the classroom&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/handheld-accessories/nintendo-ds-helps-kids-focus-in-the-classroom-410176" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/15a8163/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 528743, member: 259515"] [IMG]http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/gaming/handhelds/images/Nintendo_ds_red-200-200.jpg[/IMG] In life, work and play are usually clearly separated, but students at one Japanese high school are finding help with their studies from an unlikely and somewhat controversial source - Nintendo's DS games machine. One teacher at [I]Tokyo Joshi Gakuen[/I] (Tokyo Academy for Girls) has creatively pushed the traditional school's limits by introducing the handheld into her English classes in a bid to liven up what is typically a dry, impractical subject in Japan. [B]Interactive learning[/B] Motoko Okubo's classes of teenage girls use the Nintendo gamer to practise writing English, reinforce vocabulary learning and for listening comprehension. Although the DS program is still just a trial run by Okubo alone, results have been good, with students claiming to be more interested and relating better to the familiar machine than to dusty old books. [B]No toys on us[/B] Still, even though the DS is well known for its educational software, some of Okubo's fellow teachers are still unsure of the value of bringing a 'toy' into the classroom. However the trial turns out, the kids still have to return the handhelds at the end of each lesson - the strict rules of the school allow for no 'inessential' items at all; not even Mario and co. [IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/15a8163/mf.gif[/IMG] [URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Nintendo DS helps kids focus in the classroom&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/handheld-accessories/nintendo-ds-helps-kids-focus-in-the-classroom-410176"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Nintendo DS helps kids focus in the classroom&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/handheld-accessories/nintendo-ds-helps-kids-focus-in-the-classroom-410176"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif[/IMG][/URL] [url=http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/15a8163/story01.htm]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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