video games: from home to school

Response to the article at: Video Games Trickle From Rec Rooms to Classrooms
Rhea R Borja
Education Week; Dec 6, 2006; 26, 14; ProQuest Education Journals
pg. 10

Although many educators feel that video games are distracting to "real learning", a few teachers found a way to use games as teaching (without the students really knowing that they were doing work). Some teachers have found various games that help students with exposure to math, technology, history and science. Even though most of the students feel that they are playing more than learning, the exposure that they are getting to certain topics seems more than enough to help them excel and succeed easier than they thought they could before.

The one thing I really enjoyed about this article, was the fact that it had a chart, with age approriate "games" for certain subjects, and even the websites where you could find these "games" for your students. Very helpful resources for teachers!!