When you think of gaming so of you may be thinking of Call of Duty, Skyrim, or a sports game like Madden or 2K which are popular football and basketball games. These are the types of games that most people think about. These are the games that this generation is playing and talking about at school. This generation really likes to play video games, so if they are so interested in gaming why not add it into your class room. Gaming in Education is starting to grow thanks to the newer technology. I believe that if we can give the students something to relate too and something they love doing they will learn better. One of the games that I played before writing this blog was Geoguessr. It is a game where you are took to a place on earth with google maps. You can look around and and see different things like trees, mountains, lakes, or oceans. The object of the game is too pick a spot on the map and guess where they are. The closer you are the more points you get. You get 5 round to score as many points as you can. I believe this game can help student explore and learn more about our earth.
When doing this assignment it make me think back to some of the games that I got to play in school that I used to learn. Some of these games were number munchers, Oregon trail, and Math Blaster. These were games that you could play and learn from as well. I can remember loving to play number muchers and Oregon the most. I like math and history when I was younger and those two games had both. Number Munchers taught you about numbers and Oregon Trail taught you what it was like to be in the time of the Old West. I will never forget these games and how they helped me learn.
For our future classes I believe that we need to expand our knowledge of gaming and learn to incorporate it into our content and our lessons. All it takes is a little research and you can change the whole dynamics of your classroom. I encourage you to research and find educational games that will help you in your classroom.
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