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This youtube clip talks about why students are interested in games and what educational benefits they have for our students. The student’s claim that what first draws them to a game is the graphics, and level of fun. As the clip goes on it explains that games that may not necessarily be classified as ‘educational’ art in fact allowing our students to gain vital skills for school. For instance by playing a game student’s learn to follow instructions and work in sequential order, which they need to be able to do in the classroom when they are given instructions. The students said that they do not like games with too many rules as they like to discover things as they go along without being told exactly what to do. Also a aspect of some games are that they encourage teamwork. Students need to be able to work in groups to succeed in life, it also allows them to have more confidence when working with a partner.

The brilliance of some of these games are that they ensure students work in pairs or groups and if they don’t they won’t be able to finish, a brilliant strategy to teach about team work. Games are a great source for our students and they play these all the time at home, so during school we could introduce games specifically designed to help with school topics but at the same time we need to undertake this information to ensure we get a game our students will enjoy playing, to fully utilise all the benefits of gaming.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPbiD7SHTCU

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