Week 14 Using Games for Teaching and Learning

We learned this week about gaming and the impact it is having on education and learning. We learned of the different ways and types of games being introduced to more educational. Since games are so violent and have no educational value introducing educational games may be a solution to this problem.With video games become more and more popular it is only wise to introduce educational games so parents do not feel as guilty allow their children to play these games. However even with the large amount of these games being introduced it still takes away from a child wanting to learn without the help of video games. This is beneficial because of how much kids in this generation wants to play video games.

Educational games can be extremely beneficial with teaching children with special needs because they can use visuals and interactions of the software to learn better. These children learn better with visual hands on tools and having them do computer games can help them benefit more from what they learn. Also this would be a good way to allow them to try and learn on their own instead of me sitting by them and helping them out. It is a great way for them learn more affectedly. They will also look at it as a reward for good behavior to be able to go on the computer and play educational games.

This video talks about the advantages of educational gaming. It says that this can benefit children in the long term because of the style of learning. He also talks about different types of educational gaming from math to English games that a child can use to help improve their test scores. It is a good way to study for an exam or to just refresh your memory