We see these parents on vacation who, in trains or in the backs of cars, hand their children phones or tablets equipped with educational games.
"It is to help him in learning to read, to count,"
they assure learnedly under the often mocking or even reproving gaze of the grandparents.
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Archived for a few euros, these games are of unequal quality, most often deceptive from an educational point of view.
With a lot of noise, colors, simplicity too.
Children, not stupid, often turn away quite quickly ...
The most elaborate ones look like classic games with a level to acquire, a score, different levels of difficulty.
Success triggers a reward in the form of congratulations, access to a story, virtual fireworks, etc.
If they reassure parents,
"the approaches remain mainly marketing",
believes Jean-Marc Merriaux, director of digital at the Ministry of National Education,
"even if it is important
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