This week we discussed the use of games for teaching and learning. I found some of the games that were posted actually pretty fun and helpful in learning certain skills. I believe educational games are a great way for kids to learn. Obviously not everything can be taught by games but some things can. For example in Elementary school when we were learning how to type faster, there was this game where you raced other cars and your car went faster the faster you could type the word on the screen and it was entertaining and fun. However I always lost because I couldn't type and still "pick" at the keys.
If I became a teacher of some type which I am interested in then I would definitely try to incorporate games into my teaching especially the younger the kids were I taught because I remember it was always a lot easier to learn when your enjoying what your doing.
Here is a website that has science games where kids learn about science while they are playing which could be really helpful in middle school classroom
http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/games/
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