Wow!!!  You make words mean things you want them to mean!  Shades of 1984!!!
You aren't a teacher, I assume...

george

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>The word "edutainment" has been used in the educational software
>business for quite some time.  I my opinion it is a euphemism (a
>"substitute of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may
>offend or suggest something unpleasant").  However, the idea of
>combining education and entertainment has been used by many good
>teachers for a long time.
>
>According to Webster, entertainment is: "something diverting or
>engaging" (is this an oximoronic definition, or is it just me?).  If you
>put the emphasis on engaging then edutainment means making education
>engaging. I think just about everyone would agree that education should
>be engaging.  However, there are people that feel that education is
>"boring" and want to be "diverted".
>
>So the answer, in my humble opinion, is Yes all education should be
>edutainment (engaging).  This applies to classroom teaching as well as
>exhibit in museums.
>
>Being one of those that provides the pushbuttons and lights used in
>interactive exhibits, I would like to say that edutainment and
>interactive are two different things.  I would suggest, "edutainment" is
>an approach and "interactive" is a tool.  You don't have to use every
>tool out there to make an effective, educational, and engaging exhibit
>nor every approach.  Labels are also an approach to conveying
>information in museums and we have all seen these over used.  However,
>I have also seen long labels which were written in an "entertaining" way
>which made them a delight to read.
>
>So don't be afraid of "entertainment" because its used by the enemy
>(maybe its a weapon rather than a tool?), use it to your advantage.
>Start with a good approach, use the right tools properly and you should
>have good results.  If you don't, don't blame me, I just make the lights
>blink!
>
>-Mark-
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