Video games that enhance professional skills
Many times we have criticized video games for being elements that distract the growth of children, but they have been thinking that there are games of this type that allow to improve professional skills and that many companies use them today.
Next, the UPC presents you with a list of the most representative games:
Fortnite
This video game released in 2017 created by Epic Games. Currently, 250 thousand people play in the world, they are on platforms such as Xbox, Play Station, PC, Android and IOS.
The skills that this game develops are:
• Languages
• teamwork
• communication
• competitiveness
• Definition of objectives.
• concentration
• memory
Fun fact: Fortnite can reinforce learning skills by having students apply “teamwork, collaboration, strategic thinking, spatial understanding and imagination,” say Stanford researchers Antero Garcia, Byron Reeves and Denise Pope.
dota 2
It is a video game that belongs to the online genre Battle Arena, launched on July 9, 2013. It is one of the most popular games worldwide, with more than 34 million dollars distributed in The International 2019 event in China. The highest paid player is Saahil Now and earns $ 2,862,896.47.
The skills that this game develops are
• teamwork
• Languages
• Emotional intelligence
• communication
• competitiveness
• Definition of objectives.
• concentration
• Reasoning
Fun fact: Chongqing University (China) teaches a course called "Recent Development of Sports Technology and Dota Analysis" that aims to analyze strategies in the game, with the aim of applying these skills in the real world.
In addition, there are other games that also help develop our skills, such as:
Lego
Belonging to the toy company of Denmark and recognized worldwide for its plastic blocks that can be joined to assemble various figures.
The word LEGO comes from the Danish "Leg godt" which means "to play well". This company has been a leader in the toy industry for 87 years. In 2018, it invoiced 597 million dollars.
The skills that this game develops are:
• creativity
• Spatial Intelligence
• teamwork
• concentration
• Reasoning
• physical
• memory
Fun fact: the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (Peru) uses LEGO to teach agile methodologies since in its version of Lego Serious Play (LSP), ideas and proposals can be communicated in a 3D format, which makes it more visual and entertaining.
Remember that not all games can be detrimental to the development of children and adolescents.
