"Video games will provide sets of challenges until certain actions, behaviors and skills become routine and automated. The games then provide a new problem in the form of a boss, new level or game mechanic that makes the gamer re-think their mastery, learn a new skill and then integrate this skill into the rest of the experience. This is where mastery is consolidated through repetition only to be challenged again, and it is an integral part of learning and expertise" ( 10 Things Schools Can Learn From Video Games).
Response:
I would have to agree that using video games in the classroom is a good idea. I believe that whenever a student plays a video game whether it be an educational game or a fighting game learning is happening constantly even if the student is not aware of it. I think that using video games offer them a chance to practice using their skills of logic, critical thinking, sequencing, and their other motor skills over and over again because if they play the same game over and over the skills they learn become second nature to them. Video games also offer different purpose and a varying level of usefulness when it comes to learning. One purpose I find very useful is that students can learn to handle cultural issues and to deal with different people and roles in their everyday life. So I can not find a reason why students should not use video games that both capture their attention and offers them a variety of learning skills that will only improve their futures.
Reference:
10 Things Schools Can Learn From Video Games (2012, January 20). In Learning In Gaming -An Educational Approach To Video Games. Retrieved March 20, 2012, from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
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