A review of current education industry topics from the publisher of Learning A–Z

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Bob Holl is the co-founder and VP/Publisher of Learning A–Z. His passion is creating and delivering high-quality educational resources that help teachers help kids learn.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Video Games for Education

Educational games have long made learning fun. But as the author of an article in Tech News World points out, there are certain obstacles to getting educational video games into the classroom. For starters, schools will have to spend money on the gaming systems. Then teachers will need to be trained on how to play and incorporate the game into classroom learning, which will cost time and money. If schools only have enough money to buy either text books or a gaming system, it is easy to figure out which one will win out.

That is not to say there isn’t a place in the future for educational games. While I would still prefer to see kids getting exercise in the park, they are going to play video games. So, having kids play games where they learn more than how to blow things up is certainly a step in the right direction.

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