Learning by Playing: Video Games in The Classroom

In recent years (1999 - present) the use of video games in classrooms has become more widespread and accepted.  Developers and programmers have created web sites dedicated to teaching through the use of educational video games.  whats more, is that the games they are creating are fun for students.  so much so that students often times rush through classwork to be able to play these games in their free time in class.  The fact remains that video games have become part of our culture so much that several professions are even recognizing the skills necessary for success can be enhanced through video gam playing.  Military operations are often carried out by unmanned aircraft operated from a control station half a world away, much like a flight simulator program.  Surgeons have even recognized that playing video games can help to improve dexterity, hand eye coordination, and reaction time.  This recognition has led to an incredible advancement in the applications for laproscopic surgery as well as delicate procedures being able to be performed by remote controlled robotics.

The use of video games in classrooms is the future.  Like any other tool it simply needs to be properly utilized.