Week Fourteen Using Games for Teaching and Learning

This week in class, we talked how games could be used for teaching and learning. We also discussed second life. I definitely agree with the need for educational games because I think that they are a great means for both teaching and learning, however I don't really understand the need for second life. It seems kind of weird to me and from my understanding it's kind of like a 'real' version of the Sims if that makes sense. However, I think that programs like second life definitely take the virtual world too far and I think that they make it very easy to get caught up in the virtual instead of the reality.

I think that the stuff that I learned about educational games definitely applies to my major. I plan to use educational games in my classroom as a teacher because I remember playing them when I was younger and I think that they are a great resource.

Here is a link to an article that I found on Yahoo that describes some of the benefits of educational games. I think that this is a great resource because it makes a great case for the use of educational games in the classroom.