Video games in the classroom

I came across this article from Alternet while reading the news on my PDA (moi, a geek?) and it reaffirms my view that video games have a place to play in education in general and language learning in particular. I'm not saying that we should be telling our students to put down Plato's Republic and get some real learning on Call of Duty 3 but rather that games do have something to offer apart from thrills and spills. Coincidentally, the school mentioned is only a few miles from where I grew up.

Reading, Writing and Video Gaming

By Marco Visscher, Ode. Posted September 14, 2006.

Teachers are learning that video games can actually improve our schools. As education adapts to please the gamer generation, will textbooks become obsolete?

The door closes with a squeak and a creak. Oh, no! Is it locked? Let's check ... No, thank God, you can open it ... So now, another go at getting to the ladder. Maybe through this narrow hallway? ... No, it's a dead end.

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