JOGOS EDUCACIONAIS AUXILIANDO PESSOAS COM NECESSIDADES ESPECIAIS

Abstract

Nowadays, educational games were as greatallies in the process of teaching and learning in a variety oflevels. The use of computers in educational environmentshas opened new horizons and expanding the possibilities forschools to be able to offer the students a way to teachdifferent and more attractive. Within this context is also aSpecial Education, which aims to assist people with specialeducational needs. The objective of this work is to show howa software based on the concept of games can be used ineducational support to people with special needs in order tofacilitate the development of body and mind and therebyfacilitate the development of some important skills in theprocess learning. The software was written in the Javaprogramming language because it is a portableprogramming language, which means it has the ability towork well in any computing environment.Index Terms ⎯ Educational Games, Special Education,Computer in educational environments