Figure 1.--The children of course wanted to use the computers to play games as well as for their studies. The boys in particular were fascinated with computer games. The games in the 1980s were still fairly basic, but rapidly improving. At one school there was a computer room for the older boyss where they could play computer games in their free time during the evening. |
The children of course wanted to use the computers to play games as well as for their studies. The boys in particular were fascinated with computer games. The games in the 1980s were still fairly basic, but rapidly improving. Here there was a wide range of policies at the various schools. Some schools did not want the children playing computer games. This was especially the case when the computers just arrived. Not allowing boys to play computer ganes is a bit of a challenge, especially as more computers were installed. And the schools did want to make the computers available for school work. There was quite a range of policies here. At one school there was a computer room for the older boyss where they could play computer games in their free time during the evening.
